More than 200 million seniors face extreme heat risks in coming decades, study finds
7 months, 1 week ago

More than 200 million seniors face extreme heat risks in coming decades, study finds

NPR  

More than 200 million seniors face extreme heat risks in coming decades, study finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Fred Scheiber/AFP via Getty Images Fred Scheiber/AFP via Getty Images A person in their 40s now will be nearing 70 in the year 2050. The number of older people regularly exposed to both chronic and acute heat will grow by about 200 million people worldwide by mid-century—and slow climate action today could push that number up much higher, he says. Sponsor Message "The heat that elderly individuals are exposed to throughout the year could grow up to five-fold, on a global scale," Falchetta says—an enormous increase in number and risk. His team recently published a similar study, which found thatfurther climate change will push up the number of older people who die of climate-change-driven heat exposure each year.

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Younger people are at higher risk as extreme heat kills them more than older generations: Study
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Younger people are at higher risk as extreme heat kills them more than older generations: Study

Hindustan Times  

Climate change impacts different age groups in different ways. A study published in Science Advances revealed that younger people particularly those under 35, would experience heat-related deaths as temperatures continue to rise. Higher younger deaths due to increasing heat There is a higher record of death from extreme heat in younger people. Andrew Wilson, lead study author said, “Most discussion …

Mexico study’s surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Mexico study’s surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly

Associated Press  

A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by heat. “We found that younger people are especially vulnerable to humid heat,” study co-author Jeffrey Shrader, a climate economist at Columbia University, said. “As the climate warms, we’re really going to be shifting the burden of temperature-related mortality towards younger individuals …

Young people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Young people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds

NPR  

Young people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds toggle caption Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images Extreme heat puts stress on everyone's bodies. "Young people are disproportionately vulnerable to heat," says Andrew Wilson, an environmental scientist at Stanford University and an author of the new analysis. But "sometimes we forget to talk about this population in …

Over 60? Climate change could be coming for your nest egg
2 months, 1 week ago

Over 60? Climate change could be coming for your nest egg

NPR  

Climate change could be coming for your nest egg toggle caption Emma Lee/WHYY Miriam and Benny Saladin thought they were in good shape for retirement. “It’s kind of like this quiet crisis that I think is confronting a lot of older adults,” says Danielle Arigoni, a climate and aging expert who currently works for the Environmental Protection Agency and wrote …

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’
4 months, 4 weeks ago

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres urges countries to shift away from fossil fuels to tackle the climate crisis driving extreme heat. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Antonio Guterres said billions of people around the globe are experiencing “an extreme heat epidemic” fuelled by climate change. “Extreme heat is increasingly tearing through economies, widening inequalities, undermining the Sustainable Development Goals, and killing people,” the …

Are climate change deaths increasing? Here's why experts expect humans to adapt to our heating world
5 months ago

Are climate change deaths increasing? Here's why experts expect humans to adapt to our heating world

Salon  

Climate change poses a major existential threat to humanity, meaning billions of people could die as the planet becomes too hot and unstable to live. "If we don’t adapt, heat wave mortality will increase sharply," Michael Wehner, a senior scientist in the Computational Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, told Salon. Martin Siegert, a glaciology professor at the …

Opinion: Watch out for factors that make older adults extremely vulnerable to deadly heat
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Watch out for factors that make older adults extremely vulnerable to deadly heat

LA Times  

A visitor tries to cool off at a center for older residents in Phoenix. As researchers who study older adults’ health and climate change, we have found that two societal trends point to a potentially dire future: The population is getting older, and temperatures are rising. Having to stay indoors all day to keep cool and enduring the stress of …

Extreme heat contributed to more than 60,000 deaths in Europe last year
1 year, 5 months ago

Extreme heat contributed to more than 60,000 deaths in Europe last year

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The findings of the current study, with over 61,000 estimated heat-related deaths, further support the evidence that heatwaves have …

Takeaways about heat deaths and vulnerable older people
1 year, 7 months ago

Takeaways about heat deaths and vulnerable older people

Associated Press  

SUN LAKES, Arizona — Heat waves fueled by climate change are arriving earlier, growing more intense and lasting longer, creating higher risks of illness and death for older people who are especially vulnerable to hot weather. In America’s hottest big metro, older people accounted for most of the people who died last summer in broiling heat inside their homes, almost …

Climate Change Impact: What Makes Elderly Population In India Particularly Vulnerable And How To Protect Them
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate Change Impact: What Makes Elderly Population In India Particularly Vulnerable And How To Protect Them

ABP News  

Climate change has become a significant concern for people worldwide, with its effects being felt in various sectors and on different groups of people, including the elderly population. How To Protect Vulnerable Seniors from Climate Change Impacts Senior citizens face unique challenges in climate change, as they are often more vulnerable due to limited mobility, chronic health conditions, and reduced …

Heat-linked deaths increased by 68% in populations above 65 years: Lancet report
2 years, 1 month ago

Heat-linked deaths increased by 68% in populations above 65 years: Lancet report

The Hindu  

Days of extreme heat are increasing in intensity and frequency due to the effects of climate change, an analysis of data from 103 countries showed in a recent Lancet report. The recently published report called Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels has stated that due to rapidly increasing temperatures, vulnerable populations such …

Climate change may increase mortality rate due to excess heat by six times: Lancet study
2 years, 4 months ago

Climate change may increase mortality rate due to excess heat by six times: Lancet study

The Hindu  

Climate change may increase the mortality rate due to excessive heat six times by the end of the century, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. "However, in our study, we found that the occurrences of hot night excess are projected to occur more rapidly than the daily mean temperature changes," Mr. Zhang said. "A …

Heat wave a glimpse of climate change's impact in North America
2 years, 9 months ago

Heat wave a glimpse of climate change's impact in North America

India Today  

The US Pacific Northwest was in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave last summer when a woman in her 70s was wheeled into an emergency room with symptoms of a life-threatening heat stroke. “Twenty years ago, it seems like we would talk about climate change as something that would happen over the coming generations — and all of a …

Heat wave a glimpse of climate change’s impact in N. America
2 years, 9 months ago

Heat wave a glimpse of climate change’s impact in N. America

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Pacific Northwest was in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave last summer when a woman in her 70s was wheeled into an emergency room with symptoms of a life-threatening heat stroke. “Twenty years ago, it seems like we would talk about climate change as something that would happen over the coming generations — and …

Climate Change Caused One-third of Heat Deaths in Last Three Decades, Study Reveals
3 years, 6 months ago

Climate Change Caused One-third of Heat Deaths in Last Three Decades, Study Reveals

News 18  

Human-induced climate change is responsible for nearly a third or 37 percent of heat deaths in the last three decades, according to a study led by an international team of researchers. The study, published in the Nature Climate Change, used information on heat deaths and temperature readings to build computer models that calculated how many deaths could be attributed to …

The next global economic threat: Old-age
4 years, 2 months ago

The next global economic threat: Old-age

Live Mint  

While the world wrestles with a deadly pandemic and how to confront climate change, there’s another, long-term global challenge that no one really knows how to deal with: Population aging. Because the natural rate is tied to a country’s future overall growth rate, most theories agree that low population growth lowers the natural rate and makes it harder for central …

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