Climate Change and Older Persons

Climate change, simply described as "any change in average weather that lasts for a long period of time", already affects many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe, and there is evidence that observed changes in extremes such as heatwaves, heavy precipitation, droughts, and tropical cyclones and their attribution to human influence has continued to strengthen. Climate change, and the attendant climate-related events including heat waves and hurricanes, put everyone ...