Special Topic: Seniors at Risk

Older Americans increasingly face dangers associated with climate change, but the unique risks to seniors are too often overlooked.

Climate Central conducted a series of investigations and research into the ways in which a warming world threatens seniors in particular in every community in the U.S.

Resources

These resources explore the impacts of our changing climate on American seniors

Climate Matters

Climate change impacts seniors living near the coast

A new Climate Central report examines how climate change threatens America’s aging coastal population—with rising sea levels and increasing hurricane intensity, posing risks to seniors’ safety, health and financial security.

Report

Seniors at Risk: Heat and Climate Change

A new Climate Central report examines how heat and a warming climate endanger the health of an aging U.S. population, a threat made even more worrisome during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Webinar

Covering Disasters Workshop Series: Extreme Heat 2020

COVID-19 and social distancing are complicating preparations for and responses to extreme weather and disasters, including excessive heat.

Climate Matters

Seniors at Risk: Heat and Climate Change

A new Climate Central report examines how heat and a warming climate endanger the health of an aging U.S. population, a threat made even more worrisome during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Webinar

WORKSHOP: Extreme Heat and Health Risk

Climate Central held an online workshop on July 19, 2021, to discuss the impacts of extreme heat on communities and on individuals’ health.

Partnership Journalism

Partnership Journalism

NYC’s Trees: A Natural Defense Against Heat, But Not Equally Shared

(with WNYC)

Partnership Journalism

Climate change and concrete turn up heat on vulnerable communities in New Jersey's cities

(with NJ Advance Media)

Partnership Journalism

Back to the Beach: Nearly 3 years later, Florence survivors still aren’t home

(with Fox46 Charlotte)

Partnership Journalism

Climate change and concrete turn up heat on vulnerable communities in New Jersey's cities

(with NJ Advance Media)