This publication usefully brings together the sciences of climatology and infectious diseases, but with the main focus on the latter. The main messages, repeated in many of the chapters, are: that climate change is only one of a number of factors which are likely to affect future disease distribution; and the importance of assessing which diseases may be a future problem and establishing surveillance capacity for them. The final section of the book highlights the worrying variability in surveillance capacity of different countries and continents. Diseases caused by a wide range of micro-organisms are covered, including those of the honey bee, but more focus on diseases which just infect animals was expected. Many of the diseases discussed are zoonoses which could attract a wider audience. However, this publication is a useful source of the thoughts of a range of scientists around the world and provides a source of references for further reading. It makes a convincing case that priority should be given to preparing for changes in the epidemiology of animal diseases, whether those changes are due to climate change or not.