Fiji, Nov. 11 -- World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific, Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala, has warned that the climate crisis is also a health crisis, urging stronger global cooperation as COP30 gets underway in Belem, Brazil.

"The Climate crisis is a health crisis," Dr Piukala said on X.

"Across the WHO Western Pacific Region and globally, climate-triggered crises are mounting from environmental degradation to storms, earthquakes and other disasters with devastating impacts on the health, safety and wellbeing of literally billions," he said.

As the UN climate conference begins, Dr Piukala called for united action.

"We at WHO are urging governments, policymakers, health authorities and civil society partners to ...