This work provides an in-depth perspective and update on special topics in Global Environmental Change in relation to Human Security. It offers an overview of new Joint Projects of the four International Global Change Programmmes and on research efforts in Germany. It is also an up-to-date report on emerging necessities in Global Environmental Change research, and a collection of suggestions for its future evolution.

Introduction

The Anthropocene
Sustainability Science
What about complexity of Earth Systems?- Climate Change, New Weather Extremes and Climate Policy
Assessing Humban Vulnerability to Global Climatic Change
Fire Ecology of the Recent Anthropocene
Disaster Prevention
Energy in a Sustainable Development
Joint Water Project
Integrative Water Research
Joint Carbon
International Institutions and the Carbon Regime
Global Environmental Change and Food Systems
Food Security in South Asia.