Introduction : climate science and climate politics / Daniel Moran -- China / Joanna I. Lewis -- Vietnam / Carlyle A. Thayer -- The Philippines / Paul D. Hutchcroft -- Indonesia / Michael S. Malley -- India / T.V. Paul -- Pakistan / Daniel Markey -- Bangladesh / Ali Riaz -- Russia / Celeste A. Wallander -- Central Asia : Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan / Edward Schatz -- The European Union / Chad M. Briggs and Stacy D. VanDeveer -- Turkey / Ibrahim Al-Marashi -- The Persian Gulf : Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman / James A. Russell -- Egypt / Ibrahim Al-Marashi -- The Maghreb : Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia / Gregory W. White -- West Africa I : Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Senegal / Linda J. Beck and E. Mark Pires -- West Africa II, the Mano River Union : Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone / Dennis Galvan and Brian Guy -- Southern Africa : Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe / Ngonidzashe Munemo -- The Northern Andes : Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru / Kent Eaton -- Brazil / Jeffrey Cason -- Conclusion : the politics of uncertainty / Daniel Moran -- Appendix A : Temperature change and freshwater availability -- Appendix B : Sea-level rise