Preface / Alan Apling -- Introduction / M. Beniston -- 1. Past and Potential Future Changes in Mountain Environments: A Review / R.G. Barry -- 2. The Alps Under Local, Regional and Global Pressure / H. Grassl -- 3. Using Multiple High-Resolution Proxy Climate Records to Reconstruct Natural Climate Variability: An Example from the Canadian Rockies / B.H. Luckman -- 4. Climate in Europe During the Late Maunder Minimum Period (1675-1715) / C. Pfister -- 5. Accelerated Glacier and Permafrost Changes in the Alps / W. Haeberli -- 6. Monitoring Snow Cover Variations in the Alps Using the Alpine Snow Cover Analysis System (ASCAS) / M.F. Baumgartner and G. Apfl -- 7. Effects of Mesoscale Vegetation Distributions in Mountainous Terrain on Local Climate / R.A. Pielke, T.J. Lee, T.G.F. Kittel, T.N. Chase, J.M. Cram and J.S. Baron -- 8. Climate Scenarios for Mountain Regions: An Overview of Possible Approaches / M. Beniston.