Fiji, May 20 -- World Health Organisation Western Pacific regional director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala says the health impacts of the climate crisis are now a central issue at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, warning countries must show real progress ahead of COP31 in Turkiye later this year.

"The health impacts of the Climate crisis are high on the agenda at the 79th World Health Assembly this week in Geneva," Dr Piukala said in a statement posted on X.

"And not a moment too soon."

Dr Piukala said countries must now demonstrate concrete progress on the Belem Health Action Plan (BHAP), which emerged from COP30 and focuses on integrating health adaptation into climate policy.

"We must collectively demonstrate progress on the Belem H...