Ageing and Climate Change

Karl Pillemer is a Hazel E. Reed Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.Liat Ayalon is Professor in the Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work at Bar-Ilan University and Chair of the Impact Center for the Study of Older Age and Ageism.

• Introduction and Overview - Karl Pillemer and Liat Ayalon Part 1: Vulnerability of Older PeopleSection Introduction1. Population Ageing and Climate Change: Patterns, Projections, and Consequences for Older Adults’ Well-Being - Deborah Carr2. Climate Change and the Health of Older Adults - Ruth McDermott-Levy3. Climate Change, Food Security, Poverty and Ageing in Africa - Mayeso Lazaro, Alex Katola, Senjooti Roy, Liat Ayalon 4. Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Frailty: An Anthropological Perspective - Sayani DasPart 2: Place, Ageing, and Climate ChangeSection Introduction5. Severe Weather Events and Attachment to Place: “Why Don’t they Just Leave?” - Marlene Friis and Katie E. Cherry 6. Quietly Displaced and Conveniently Forgotten: Older Climate Migrants and Refugees - Senjooti Roy and Liat Ayalon 7. The Role of Natural Places in the Context of Climate Change and Ageing - Jana Nikitin and Selma KorlatPart 3: Social and Family Contexts Section Introduction8. Social Relations, Climate Change, and Health: Risk, Resilience, and Opportunity - Noah J. Webster, Toni C. Antonucci, and Robert W. Marans9. Ageism and Intergenerational Relations in the Age of Climate Change - Liat Ayalon and Karl PillemerPart 4: Caregiving in the Context of Climate ChangeSection Introduction10. Caregiving for Older Adults - Angela K. Perone11. Long-term Care and Climate Change - Andrea E. Schmidt and Ernest AignerPart 5: Climate Resilience and ActionSection Introduction12. Climate Change and Resilience in Older Adults - Alexandra B. Holland, Sadaf Arefi Milani, and Andrea L. Seritan13. Coping with Heat in Older Age: A Synthesis of Health Behavior Change and Coping Models - Victoria I Michalowski, Jennifer C Lay, Dwight C K Tse, Helene H Fung and Theresa Pauly14. “Nothing About Us Without Us”: Older People and Climate Change Action - Julia Nolte and Karl PillemerPart 6: Policy ApproachesSection Introduction15. Building Climate-Resilience for an Ageing Population: Exploring Policy Approaches Through a Social Connectedness Lens - Dani Himes and Jacklyn Kohon16. Creating Age-Inclusive, Age-Friendly and Climate Resilient Cities - Ryan Woolrych, Gary Haq, Briony Latter17. Health Care Response to Climate Change and Ageing - Mattew Luebke, Emily Frey, Arnab Ghosh, Mark Lachs, and Karl PillemerConclusion - Liat Ayalon and Karl Pillemer