Ch. 1. Global climate change and health: an old story writ large -- Ch. 2. Weather and climate: changing human exposures -- Ch. 3. International consensus on the science of climate and health: the IPCC third assessment report -- Ch. 4. Looking to the future: challenges for scientists studying climate change and health -- Ch. 5. Impacts on health of climate extremes -- Ch. 6. Climate change and infectious diseases -- Ch. 7. How much disease could climate change cause? -- Ch. 8. Stratospheric ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation and health -- Ch. 9. National assessments of health impacts of climate change: a review -- Ch. 10. Monitoring the health effects of climate change -- Ch. 11. Adaptation and adaptive capacity in the public health context -- Ch. 12. From science to policy: developing responses to climate change -- Ch. 13. Conclusions and recommendations for action