How can we create cities and communities that are inclusive, age-friendly and climate resilient?
Read our recommendations for action to address climate change and healthy ageing in the UK
The Healthy Ageing in a Changing Climate project ran from October 2022 to September 2023. Its aim was to better understand what contributes to the resilience of older people to climate change in the UK and explore how to ensure Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCCs) are inclusive and climate resilient.
The Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCCs) initiative has been at the forefront of attempts to deliver interventions to support the health and wellbeing of older people. Growing old in the twenty-first century will bring with it the unique challenge of ensuring people age well when there is an increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as flooding, heatwaves and storms, and associated climate risk.
The project team
The project was led by The Urban Institute, Heriot-Watt University and the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, and supported by a project advisory group. Find out more about the team.
Image: Paul Grogan via Centre for Ageing Better