Developing Climate Resilient Age-Friendly Cities and Communities

Heriot-Watt University/SEI  at University of York

The workshop will identify policy and practice priorities to deliver climate resilient age-friendly cities and communities.

Climate-related weather events (e.g., extreme heat, storms, and flooding) pose challenges for older people and where they live. We need to understand how best to support older adults to age-in-place within the context of a changing climate. This will require interventions to build climate resilient age-friendly cities and communities while recognising the positive contribution older adults can make to their community.The aim of this workshop is to discuss the opportunities and challenges for policy and practice to achieve climate resilient age-friendly cities and communities. We will bring together key actors to explore how cities and communities should respond to the climate emergency, while ensuring they meet the needs of an ageing population.This workshop is part of a UKRI funded project that is developing solutions and interventions to support healthy ageing in a changing climate. At the event, we will discuss our work and the ambition for a national network to contribute to the development of climate resilient age-friendly cities and communities in the UK.For further information, please contact Briony: b.Latter@hw.ac.uk Project teamRyan Woolrych, Director of the Urban Institute, Professor in Ageing and Urban Studies, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. r.d.woolrych@hw.ac.ukGary Haq, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, York. gary.haq@york.ac.ukBriony Latter, Research Assistant , Urban Institute, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. b.Latter@hw.ac.uk

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