At the World Health Assembly in Geneva last week, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a resolution on climate change and health. The resolution clearly identifies climate change as a major threat to public health and sets out a framework for building sustainable, climate-resilient health systems. Among the various proposed measures were cross-sector cooperation, raising awareness of the interdependence between climate change and health, and decarbonization to address the root cause of climate change. The adoption demonstrates the political commitment of governments and WHO to scale up climate action as a public health priority to protect people from the increasing health impacts of climate change. (More on climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu)