Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction to Climate Change and Socio-Ecological System -- 1.1 Historical Background -- 1.2 Climate, Ecology, and Society -- 1.3 Integrated Socio-ecological System -- 1.4 Socio-ecological Transformation: Concept, Debates, and Thinking -- 1.5 Ecological Dimensions of Social Change and Social Dimensions of Ecological Change -- 1.6 Climate and Climate Change as the Key to Socio-ecological Transformation -- 1.6.1 Climate, Climate Change, and Ecological Transformation -- 1.6.2 Climate, Climate Change, and Social Transformation -- 1.6.3 Key and Conjunction -- 1.7 Conclusion and Arguments -- Further Readings -- 2 Climate, Climate Change Ecology, and Socio-ecological Environments -- 2.1 Meteorology and Climatology -- 2.1.1 Meteorology -- 2.1.2 Climatology -- 2.1.3 Relation Between Meteorology, Climatology, and Socio-ecological Systems -- 2.2 Weather, Climate, and Climate Controls -- 2.2.1 Weather and Climate -- 2.2.2 Climate Controls -- 2.2.3 Relation Between Climate Controls and Socio-ecological Systems -- 2.3 Fundamentals of Climate Change Ecology -- 2.3.1 Concept and Principles -- 2.3.2 Research and Approaches -- 2.3.3 Climate Change Ecology, Socio-ecological System and Sustainability -- 2.4 Climate Change, Climate Variability, and Evidences -- 2.4.1 Climate Change -- 2.4.2 Climate Variability -- 2.4.3 Are Climate Change and Climate Variability the Same Thing? -- 2.5 Climate Resilience, Mitigation, and Adaptation -- 2.5.1 Climate Resilience -- 2.5.2 Climate Change Mitigation -- 2.5.3 Climate Change Adaptation -- 2.6 Climate Gap and Vulnerability -- 2.6.1 Concept -- 2.6.2 Climate Gap and Socio-ecological Vulnerability -- 2.6.3 Climate Gap, Society, and Adaptation -- 2.7 Socio-ecological Facts Regarding Climate Change -- 2.7.1 Climate Crisis -- 2.7.2 Climate Risk. , 2.7.3 Physical Climate Risks -- 2.7.4 Climate Change Transition Risk -- 2.7.5 Climate Change Hotspot -- 2.7.6 Climate Hazards -- 2.7.7 Climate and Disaster Risk Screening -- 2.7.8 Climate Engineering -- 2.7.9 Climate Kids -- 2.7.10 Climate Communication -- 2.7.11 Climate Governance -- 2.7.12 Fossil Fuel Divestment -- 2.7.13 Climate Bonds -- 2.7.14 Global Climate Regime -- 2.7.15 Green Climate Fund -- 2.7.16 Climate Finance -- 2.7.17 Climate Investment Fund -- 2.7.18 The Adaptation Fund -- 2.7.19 Climate Clock -- 2.7.20 Weather and Climate Modification -- 2.8 Climate Change and Its Impact on Socio-ecological Environments -- 2.9 Conclusions and Arguments -- Further Readings -- 3 Dimensions of the Socio-Ecological Subsystems -- 3.1 Nature, Environment, Society, and Ecology -- 3.1.1 Nature -- 3.1.2 Environment -- 3.1.3 "Environments Are Yours, but Nature Is Not" -- 3.1.4 Society -- 3.1.5 Ecology and Ecological System: -- 3.2 Integration and Interdisciplinary -- 3.3 Socio-Ecological System (SES) and Socio-Biogeophysical Changes -- 3.3.1 Concept of SES -- 3.3.2 Theoretical Foundations of SES -- 3.3.3 SES and Sustainability -- 3.3.4 SES and Research -- 3.3.5 SES and Socio-Biogeophysical Changes -- 3.4 Ecological Subsystems and Landscapes -- 3.5 Societal Subsystems and Landscapes -- 3.6 Socio-Ecological Facts -- 3.6.1 Socio-Ecological System and Demographic Aspects -- 3.6.2 Socio-Ecological System and Psycho-Social Aspects -- 3.6.3 Socio-Ecological System and Socio-Physical Aspects -- 3.6.4 Socio-Ecological System and Suprapersonal Aspects -- 3.6.5 Socio-Ecological System and Social Climate Aspects -- 3.6.6 Socio-Ecological System and Cultural Climate Aspects -- 3.6.7 Socio-Ecological System and Political Climate Aspects -- 3.6.8 Socio-Ecological System and Emotional Climate Aspects -- 3.6.9 Socio-Ecological System and Intellectual Climate Aspects. , 3.6.10 Ecological Civilisation -- 3.6.11 Environmental Citizenship -- 3.6.12 Environmental Contract -- 3.6.13 Environmental Politics -- 3.6.14 Environmental Governance -- 3.7 Conclusions and Arguments -- Further Readings -- 4 Climate Vulnerability and Socio-Ecological Transformation -- 4.1 Vulnerability and Invulnerability -- 4.2 Climate and Climate Change Vulnerability -- 4.2.1 Concept and Scales -- 4.2.2 Tools of Climate Vulnerability -- 4.2.3 Climate Vulnerability and Socio-Ecological System -- 4.2.4 Climate Change Vulnerability and Disaster Management -- 4.2.5 Modern Research in Climate Vulnerability -- 4.2.6 Climate Vulnerable Forum -- 4.3 Ecological Vulnerability and Society -- 4.3.1 Concept -- 4.3.2 Climate Change and Ecological Vulnerability -- 4.3.3 Ecological Vulnerability and Society -- 4.3.4 Ecological Vulnerability Is an Exposure to Social Vulnerability -- 4.3.5 Management and Modern Research -- 4.4 Societal Vulnerability and Ecology -- 4.4.1 Concept -- 4.4.2 Climate Change and Societal Vulnerability -- 4.4.3 Societal Vulnerability and Ecology -- 4.4.4 Management of Societal Vulnerability -- 4.4.5 Modern Research on Societal Vulnerability -- 4.4.6 Is Ecological Vulnerability Impacted by Societal Vulnerability? -- 4.5 Climate Change and Socio-Ecological Vulnerability -- 4.5.1 Concept -- 4.5.2 Measurement and Management Techniques of Socio-Ecological Vulnerability -- 4.5.3 Modern Research on Socio-Ecological Vulnerability -- 4.5.4 Socio-Ecological Vulnerability and Sustainable Thinking -- 4.6 Vulnerability and Transformation of Socio-Ecological Subsystems -- 4.6.1 Concept and Approaches -- 4.6.2 SEV and SET -- 4.6.3 SET and People's Lives and Livelihoods -- 4.6.4 SET and Spatial Ecology and Culture -- 4.6.5 SET and Global Crisis -- 4.6.6 SET and Sustainability -- 4.6.7 Modern Research on SET -- 4.7 Conclusions and Arguments. , Further Readings -- 5 Bioclimatology and Urban Bioclimatology -- 5.1 Concepts and Classification of Bioclimatology -- 5.1.1 Concept and History -- 5.1.2 Classification -- 5.1.3 Subfields -- 5.1.4 Approaches -- 5.1.5 Bioclimatological Research and Socio-Ecological System -- 5.2 Crucial Thinking of Bioclimatology -- 5.2.1 Heat Balance and Human Body -- 5.2.2 Radiation and Human Health -- 5.2.3 Weather and Climate on Health -- 5.2.4 Electrical Conditions and Atmospheric Potential Gradient and Human Aspects -- 5.2.5 Bioclimatology and COVID-19 Pandemic -- 5.3 Climate Control: Indoor vs. Outdoor -- 5.3.1 Bioclimatic Thinking of Climate Control -- 5.3.2 Indoor and Outdoor Climate Control -- 5.3.3 Impact of Climate Control on Human-Bioclimatic Aspects -- 5.3.4 Climate Control and Socio-Ecological System -- 5.3.5 Scope of Research on Bioclimatology in Relation with Indoor and Outdoor Climate Control -- 5.4 Socio-Bioclimatic Thinking -- 5.4.1 Critical Socio-Bioclimatic Thinking of Climate and Sexual Aspects -- 5.4.2 Critical Socio-Bioclimatic Thinking of Migration and Mobility -- 5.4.3 Critical Socio-Bioclimatic Thinking of Tourism and Recreation -- 5.5 Urban Bioclimatology in Developing Countries -- 5.5.1 Concept and History -- 5.5.2 Approaches -- 5.5.3 Urban Bioclimatology and Urban Socio-Ecological System -- 5.5.4 Status of Urban Bioclimatology in Developing Countries -- 5.5.5 Scope of Research on Urban Bioclimatology in Developing Countries -- 5.6 Hazard, Disaster and Bioclimatology -- 5.6.1 Concept and Relationship -- 5.6.2 Bioclimatological Disaster -- 5.6.3 Impact of Bioclimatological Disaster -- 5.6.4 Research on Bioclimatological Hazard and Disaster -- 5.7 Applied Human Bioclimatology and Issues -- 5.7.1 Concept and Approaches -- 5.7.2 Scope of the Applied Human Bioclimatology -- 5.7.3 Research on the Applied Human Bioclimatology. , 5.7.4 Issues of Applied Human Bioclimatology -- 5.8 Human Adaptation and Mitigation -- 5.8.1 Adaptation -- 5.8.2 Mitigation -- 5.9 Conclusions and Arguments -- Further Reading -- 6 Disaster, Policy Instruments, and Sustainability -- 6.1 Environmental Hazard, Disaster, and Management -- 6.1.1 Environmental Hazards and Types -- 6.1.2 Environmental Disaster and Types -- 6.1.3 Environmental Hazard, Disaster, and Climate Crisis -- 6.1.4 Environmental Hazard, Disaster, and Socio-Ecological System -- 6.1.5 Environmental Hazard, Disaster, and Politics -- 6.1.6 Management Practices -- 6.1.7 Hazard and Disaster Management -- 6.1.8 Policy and Significance -- 6.1.9 Research on Environmental Hazard, Disaster, and Climate Change -- 6.2 Climate Change and Socio-Environmental Disaster -- 6.2.1 Concept and Approaches -- 6.2.2 Types of Socio-Environmental Disasters -- 6.2.3 Management Practices -- 6.3 Socio-Ecological Transformation and Environmental Disturbance -- 6.3.1 Environmental Disturbance, Climate Crisis, and Vulnerability -- 6.3.2 Environmental Disturbance and Socio-Ecological Transformation -- 6.3.3 Research in Environmental Disturbance -- 6.4 Climate Concerns and Contemporary Socio-Ecological Issues and Management -- 6.4.1 Concept and Importance -- 6.4.2 Management -- 6.4.3 Inter-Basin Transfer of Water, Socio-Ecological Issues and Management: Special Focus on India -- 6.4.4 Water Dams Ecology and Environments in India -- 6.4.5 Eco-Tourism -- 6.4.6 Green Technology -- 6.5 Environmental Policy, Law, and Institutions -- 6.5.1 Environmental Perception -- 6.5.2 Environmental Ethics -- 6.5.3 Environmental Law and Socio-Environmental Protection -- 6.5.4 Environmental Institutions and Sustainability -- 6.5.5 Various Institutions -- 6.6 Conventions, Policy Instruments, Movements, and Implication -- 6.6.1 Environmental Conventions. , 6.6.2 Environmental Movements and Management.