Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University (LA), Ramat Gan, Israel.
Swansea University (NK), Swansea, Wales, UK; North-West University (NK), Vanderbijlpark, South Africa; University of Alberta (NK), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Oct;29(10):1038-1040. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.06.015. Epub 2021 Jun 30.
Climate change threatens the basic prerequisites for wellbeing, including clean air and water, food supply and the adequacy and security of shelter. Climate change is a powerful and ongoing presence in the lives of older persons, both creating and exacerbating vulnerabilities. The absence of a legally binding international instrument specifically protecting the human rights of older persons and minimal references to older persons in key international climate instruments attest to the lack of attention to and visibility of older persons in national and international law. There is a need to integrate the areas of older people and environmental sustainability to ensure that the rights of older people are preserved especially now, as the effects of the climate change crisis become more pronounced.
气候变化威胁着福祉的基本前提条件，包括清洁的空气和水、食物供应以及充足和安全的住所。气候变化是老年人生活中一个强大而持续存在的因素，既造成又加剧了脆弱性。缺乏一项具有法律约束力的专门保护老年人人权的国际文书，以及在关键国际气候文书中对老年人的提及很少，这表明在国家和国际法中对老年人的关注和可见度很低。有必要将老年人领域和环境可持续性结合起来，以确保老年人的权利得到维护，特别是在气候变化危机的影响变得更加明显的现在。
