Global warming and its implications became a major concern for the scientific community. Although still subject to controversy, an ever growing body of publications and conferences reflects the importance given to the subject. Worldwide knowledge about climate change is centralized, assessed and disseminated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), supported by the United Nations. The various and profound consequences attributed to climate change, merit high attention within the context of wildlife health. Therefore it was an evident choice, that could no longer wait to be addressed, as the central theme of this 6th BWDS Symposium. Our aim is to contribute to the awareness about climate change by bringing together a number of experts who will illustrate on the one hand the observations supporting the phenomenon itself, and on the other hand the implications for wildlife health and disease emergence from wildlife.