气候变化政策和老年人:对国家气候适应计划的分析
Bryant Carlson1, Jacklyn N Kohon2,3, Paula C Carder1
1Institute on Aging & OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
The Gerontologist
|June 28, 2023
概括
气候变化对老年人产生了不成比例的影响. 国家适应计划越来越多地通过通信,运输,住房和紧急服务来满足他们的需求,尽管战略各不相同.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共政策 公共政策
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
背景情况:
- 气候变化加剧了极端天气事件,对弱势群体构成重大风险.
- 老年人在气候相关灾害 (如热浪和野火) 中经历了不成比例的高死亡率.
- 州政府在实施减轻气候变化影响的当地战略方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 分析国家气候适应计划的策略,以解决老年人的独特脆弱性.
- 评估当前计划如何有效地将老年人口的需求纳入气候弹性努力.
主要方法:
- 美国各州可用的气候适应计划的内容分析.
- 特别针对老年人的适应策略的识别和分类.
主要成果:
- 19个州有气候适应计划,18个州将老年人确定为高风险群体.
- 关键的适应战略类别包括通信,交通,住房和紧急服务.
- 对于老年人来说,国家在确定风险和实施战略方面的计划存在显著差异.
结论:
- 国家适应规划部分解决了老年人因气候变化而面临的健康,社会和经济风险.
- 加强公私和区域间合作对于防止流离失所和健康差异等负面结果至关重要.
- 需要积极主动和全面的战略来加强老年人对应气候变化不断升级的影响的弹性.
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