Inclusion of older people in DRR

Five years ago, British Columbia’s heat dome became one of the deadliest weather disasters in Canadian history.

A new online tool out of the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (YCCCH) strives to provide hyperlocal information about the range of extreme weather risks on mortality, including the potential impact on older adults.

Older people in Austria widely perceive an increase in extreme weather since their childhood. Yet how strongly they notice these changes depends on their social position, where they live and how they relate to environmental issues.

This study analyzed national trends in heatstroke-related emergency transports from 2010 to 2024 using Fire and Disaster Management Agency surveillance data in Japan focusing on age distribution, case severity, place of occurrence, and regional variation.

Extreme heat is now considered the deadliest weather and climate-related hazard in Europe, causing more deaths than floods or storms.

Heat waves are striking in surprising places where milder temperatures were once the norm

Analysis in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows how heatwaves, extreme cold, and heavy rain impact the incidence of heart disease in older populations.

Climate change has long been associated with risks such as sea-level rise and biodiversity loss. Now it raises deeper questions of whether future generations will live not only longer lives, but healthier ones

Once considered a luxury, air conditioning has become an essential safeguard for nursing home residents. A Ontario-based study published in JAMA Internal Medicine underscores the heightened mortality risk associated with extreme heat in nursing homes.

Older adults who were exposed to heavy rainfall after Hurricane Harvey in 2017 faced a 3% increase in the risk of death within the following year, a new University of Michigan study found.