Foreword.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Evolution of the atmospheric composition.- Chapter 2: Downscaling and regional climate.- Chapter 3: Response Theory and Climate Change.- Chapter 4: Stochastic weather and climate models.- Chapter 5: Progress in climate modeling.- Chapter 6: Maximum entropy production and climate.- Chapter 7: Astrobiology and development of human civilization.- Chapter 8: Planets and Exoplanets, habitability sustainability and time.- Chapter 9: Geobiology.- Chapter 10: Fermi paradox.- Chapter 11: The Gaia hypothesis, evolution and ecology.