ABSTRACT
Adaptation to climate change is likely to reduce expected impacts on health
in two ways: firstly, by requiring changes in the roles of health agencies,
including planning and response to extreme weather events and surveillance
of infectious disease; and secondly, by modifications in non-health sectors,
that is, food production, transport, built environment. Who is competent to
take these actions? Nobody can state with confidence that they are. However,
much of the competence and skills that have been applied to previous health
challenges can be applied to facilitating a transition to a society adapted to
climate change.
