Towards an Ethical Approach to Climate Change and its Health Risks for older adults

Public Health Ethics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 21, 2025

Abstract Climate change is a public health threat that disproportionately impacts certain groups more than others. Getting old something most of us will experience during our lifetime, and older adults are among those at elevated risk for adverse due to climate change. As result, it behooves as society consider how we approach mitigating on adults. We must carefully what ethical principles underpin the policies laws affect adults, particularly world facing increasing challenges with distribution resources. This paper argues an based care-ethic framework developed by Gilligan, Tronto Fisher using case studies from New Zealand Italy illustrate this could be applied.

Язык: Английский

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Urban heat health risk inequality and its drivers based on Local Climate Zones: A case study of Qingdao, China

Building and Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 112827 - 112827

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Green Longevity: Climate Resilience, Adaptation, and Action for Older Adults

International Journal of Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 70

Опубликована: Март 10, 2025

Where climate change and population aging intersect, challenges opportunities for society arise. While older adults are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of change, they can also significantly contribute action environmental sustainability [1]. 'Green Longevity' is a new framework that integrates sustainable green lifestyles with healthy aging. Green longevity highlights importance increasing resilience in through infrastructure supports them adapting their behaviors. The aligns public health strategies promote environmentally friendly it establishes vital role play community adaptation [2, 3]. Exploring practical implementing this crucial if we want wellbeing as rapidly changing.Older physiologically, socio-economically, psychologically changes, so interventions must be comprehensive targeted. Climate exacerbates existing issues, particularly extreme weather events like heatwaves cold snaps, which aggravate chronic conditions raise mortality rates [3]. poses risks mental social integration [4]. Many already isolated, limit access emergency services support. Older may suffer psychological stress from climate-related disruptions; example, displacement or loss natural disasters disproportionately harms adults, exacerbating feelings isolation anxiety [5]. limited by socio-economic constraints hinder ability recover events, deepen vulnerability reduce overall resilience. Interventions thus multifaceted approach, encompassing monitoring, support, improving [6].Several promising warrant our consideration. Among these, urban greening wellness tourism stand out, since address both needs. Urban zones have mitigated heat islands. Heat islands affect [7] and, along other characteristics, [8]. Strategically placing roofs gardens cool environment increase accessible areas more physical activity interact socially, Wellness now burgeoning market many world [9]. developing specialized facilities tourists integrating spaces integrated into design could needs benefit some climate-migrants seeking refuge. However, solution would complicated fairly implement, such not affordable all lead increased housing costs reduced residents climate-desirable locations.Integrated solutions make livable align broader goals support populations locations change. A complementary strategy engage individual collective action. In Anthropocene where human demands shape emissions patterns, transforming economic structures consumption patterns. industrial activities serving recognized primary driver carbon emissions, across societies at varying development stages achieved common but differentiated responsibilities. Therefore, engaging action, high-consumption countries higher contributions expected, catalyze transitions while enhancing own extends beyond micro-level practices using energy-efficient appliances, prioritizing transport walking, supporting local, food sources. Collective actions crucial, often lack voice response despite vulnerability. dual approach combining supportive environments active engagement, addresses outcomes reducing impacts, enabling become exemplars living encouraging societal shifts toward greener practices.Green Longevity transformative aging, addressing multidimensional vulnerabilities activating agency change's causality attribution key issues litigation, these complex, demonstrated KlimaSeniorinnen case [10]. Governments an undeniable responsibility protect impacts Additionally, differential (such those related gender, socioeconomic status, etc.) should considered any Longevity, ensuring inclusive equitable. Coordinated efforts—such age-sensitive initiatives, geriatric care, participation stewardship—will establish foundation achieving era

Язык: Английский

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Population and Climate Change: Considering Climate Change Demography's Past and Future

Population and Development Review, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 11, 2025

Abstract This article explores the potential for development of a climate change–informed demography. Climate change impacts society in some ways that demographers are best suited to evaluate, providing setting advance foundational theories demographic change. By considering demography context and change, has expand scientific policy understanding human vulnerability while also advancing science. To explore demography, we first reflect on demography's roots consider how research not considered natural environment. Second, describe beginnings by into connections between environment fertility, mortality, health. Third, current at intersection highlighting theory successes opportunities resulting from key issues related maternal, reproductive, child health food insecurity. often reflects interdisciplinary engagement physical social sciences, where foundations underlie many approaches. Fourth, rapidly evolving data landscape increasing awareness inequalities pave way more complex dynamic modeling efforts (e.g., ecological systems‐based research). In this final section, highlight provided framing within using increasingly sophisticated methodological tools revisit models like transition. Together, these sections build an overarching linked change–demography–health agenda rooted past focused needs future.

Язык: Английский

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Mutation Thresholds of Resident Heat Exposure along the Urbanization Intensity Gradient

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 106399 - 106399

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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