Section 1 - Climate Record / What can We Learn from Data ? -- Pre-Pleistocene climates : data and models -- Archaean atmosphere-biosphere interactions -- Dating proxy data -- The spectral characteristics of pre-Quaternary climatic records, an example of the relationship between the astronomical theory and Geo-Sciences -- Polar ice cores and climate -- Intermediate and deep water characteristics during the last glacial maximum -- Oceanic response to orbital forcing in the late Quaternary : observational and experimental strategies -- Recent developments in Quaternary paleoclimatology -- Paleoclimate data for studies of global climate change and earth system science -- Paleoclimate perspectives on a greenhouse warming -- Section 2 - Understanding Climate and Climatic Changes -- Deceptively-simple models of climatic change -- Climate predictability : a dynamical view -- Coupled ocean and sea-ice models : review and perspectives -- Atmospheric chemistry - climate interactions -- Ice and climate studies -- Volcanoes and climate -- Global climatic effects of a nuclear war: an interdisciplinary problem -- Land surface processes in climate models : status and prospects -- Tropical deforestation and climatic change -- The role of the hydrological cycle in climate -- Changes in ocean temperature and the scientific strategy for international climate research -- Section 3 - Simulation of the Greenhouse Warming -- Model projections of the climatic changes induced by increased atmospheric CO2 -- Climate sensitivity : model dependence of results -- Climate response to greenhouse warming : the role of the ocean -- Unresolved issues and research needs pertaining to the transient climatic response to a CO2 increase -- Global biogeochemical cycles and climate -- Anthropogenic and natural perturbations of the carbon cycle -- Modelling biospheric control of carbon fluxes between atmosphere, ocean and land in view of climatic change -- Section 4 - Technology for Climate Studies -- Supercomputing and massive parallelism -- Data management methods; data for Europe -- Satellites and climate -- Radiation budget and clouds -- Section 5 - Climate Environment and International Security -- The global commons and national security -- The global environmental issues - an approach to their solution -- Human impact on the environment -- Society and future climate change -- Global climatic changes and geopolitics: pressures on developed and developing countries -- Climate change in the context of multiple threats -- Climate and public policy in the United States Congress -- Climatic changes and water resources development -- Hydrological impacts - What if we are right ? -- Climate change : effects on biological systems -- Forest productivity and health in a changing atmospheric environment -- Climate environment in international security: the case of deforestation in the brazilian amazon -- Section 6 - Conference Overview and Recommendations -- Where is climate research going ? -- Authors Index -- Subjects Index.