From science to policy: Development of a climate change adaptation plan for the health and wellbeing sector in Queensland, Australia

•We present a multi-disciplinary collaborative approach for developing a regional scale climate adaptation plan with the health and wellbeing sector.•This includes an innovative engagement and policy mapping strategy.•We demonstrate the application of this approach for developing climate change adaptation plan for health and wellbeing sector in Queensland, Australia.•We find that direct engagement between various key stakeholders is a critical element of translating scientific evidence of climate change impacts on human health into a regional adaptation policy for the health and wellbeing sector.