Center for Aging Science & Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Age Ageing. 2021 May 5;50(3):693-696. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa282.
Population ageing is presented as one of the 'grand challenges' of the 21st century. Yet, policies designed to offset these challenges seem to be a jumbled, disjointed mix with no clear, overarching narrative. One of the successes of climate change science is the development of a clear, distinguishable framework to plan action: adaptation, mitigation and resilience. This framework can be applied to designing better policy for ageing: adapting to support people in need today; mitigating future challenges by ensuring that people and institutions 'age better'; and building resilience by developing both a longer-term perspective and policy learning framework.
人口老龄化被视为 21 世纪的“重大挑战”之一。然而，为应对这些挑战而设计的政策似乎是一种混乱、脱节的组合，没有明确的总体叙述。气候变化科学的一个成功之处是制定了一个清晰、可区分的框架来规划行动：适应、缓解和弹性。这个框架可以应用于设计更好的老龄化政策：适应，以支持今天有需要的人；通过确保人和机构“更好地老龄化”来缓解未来的挑战；通过发展更长期的视角和政策学习框架来增强弹性。
