Climate Change

639695 APHXXX10.1177/1010539516639695Asia-Pacific Journal of Public HealthLow and Binns editorial2016 Editorial Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2016, Vol. 28(2S) 4S Climate Change: © 2016 APJPH Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav A Public Health Priority DOI: 10.1177/1010539516639695 aph.sagepub.com 1 2 Wah-Yun Low, PhD , and Colin Binns, MBBS, PhD In this issue of the journal we present a series of articles on Global Environmental Change and Human Health sponsored by the United Nations University. Climate change remains the most serious threat to public health during the remainder of this century. Every public health worker needs to ask himself or herself about the kind of world and the burden on disease that we are leaving to our children. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations and provides the best available information on climate change. Its findings are sup- ported by all scientific organizations and almost all national governments. Their recent support provides further evidence on the need for action. Some governments have committed to action on renewable energies and recently Denmark was able to announce that its wind generators had provided more than enough power for the whole country for several days. China has announced plans