Editorials Addressing climate change through health promotion in Australia S3 James A. Smith and Anthony Capon Action on climate change requires strong leadership from the health sector S4 Melissa Sweet Emerging Evidence Health promotion interventions to address climate change using a primary health care approach: a literature review S6 Rae Walker, John Hassall, Sue Chaplin, Janet Congues, Rachael Bajayo and Wendy Mason Residential air-conditioning and climate change: voices of the vulnerable S13 Carol Farbotko, Gordon Waitt Older persons and heat-susceptibility: the role of health promotion in a changing climate S17 Alana Hansen, Peng Bi, Monika Nitschke, Dino Pisaniello, Jonathan Newbury and Alison Kitson Extreme Heat Arrangements in South Australia: an assessment of trigger temperatures S21 Susan Williams, Monika Nitschke, Graeme Tucker and Peng Bi Perspectives Core health promotion competencies in Australia: are they compatible with climate change action? S28 Rebecca Patrick and James A. Smith Why sustainable population growth is a key to climate change and public health equity S34 Peter Howat and Melissa Stoneham Implications of climate change for skin cancer prevention in Australia S39 Jen Makin A numbers game: lack of gendered data impedes prevention of disaster-related family violence S42 Debra Parkinson, Cath Lancaster, Anna Stewart Strategies for Action Wrestling with ‘doubt-sayers’: a first step in leading community-wide climate change action for better health S46 Jan Ritchie The potential role of Health Impact Assessment in tackling the complexity of climate change adaptation for health S48 Helen L Brown, Katrina Proust, Jeffery Spickett and Anthony Capon Health Promotion Journal of Australia Volume 22 Special Issue, December 2011 Contents Editorial oice Articles for submission to the Health Promotion Journal of Australia are to be submitted via ScholarOne. Go to www.healthpromotion.org.au to find the link with the instructions. Internet: www.healthpromotion.org.au Guidelines for authors are available in each issue of the Journal and on the AHPA website. The Health Promotion Journal of Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the University of the Sunshine Coast in hosting the Secretariat of the Australian Health Promotion Association.