1. Climate change, catastrophe risk, and government stimulation of the insurance market : a study of transitional China -- 2. Climate change, and financial instruments to cover disasters : what role for insurance in transitional China? -- 3. Mitigation of climate-change risks and regulation by insurance -- 4. Regulation by catastrophe insurance : a comparative study -- 5. Regulation by government-sponsored reinsurance in catastrophe management -- 6. Innovations in insurance markets and securitization of catastrophe risk : experiences and lessons to learn -- 7. Roadmap for transitional reform in China