HelpAge International

Why older people are overlooked in humanitarian aid

Yet their exclusion from many aid interventions remains a vexed issue in the humanitarian system, compounded by the limited acknowledgment of their specific vulnerabilities or any recognition of their ...
The Conversation

‘I couldn’t care less if I saw another sunrise’ – what older people who are ‘tired of life’ can tell us about the assisted dying debate

Sam Carr has received funding from Guild Living. Els van Wijngaarden receives funding from The Dutch Research Council (NWO). Kenneth Chambaere receives funding from the Research Foundation Flanders. I ...
HelpAge International

Growing solutions together: why older people matter in climate action

In Thailand and Vietnam, a pioneering initiative is taking root—quite literally—in the form of biochar that traps carbon in the soil, enriches its fertility, and helps local farmers adapt to changing ...
Human Rights Watch

The Impacts of Climate Change on Older People and Ways Forward

In April 2024, a group of Swiss older women won a landmark case at the European Court of Human Rights (The European Court of Human Rights sits in Strasbourg, France, and is an organ of the Council of ...
The Conversation

Why we need to talk about older people and climate change in Africa

Gary Haq receives funding from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office for work on decarbonisation and climate change and the Stockholm Environment Institute on climate justice and older people. He is ...