Publications Database
The searchable bibliography page is one of our most popular features, allowing you to quickly access to the literature on the aging population and climate change in one convenient location. The ACCC team keeps the database updated on a monthly basis. You may search by author, title, year, keywords. To retrieve full information, click on the "Publication" button.
Pillemer, K., & Wagenet, L. P. (2008). Taking action: Environmental volunteerism and civic engagement by older people. Public Policy and Aging Report, 18(2), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/18.2.1
Pillemer, K., Cope, M. T., & Nolte, J. (2021). Older people and action on climate change: A powerful but underutilized resource. HelpAge International, 1–10. https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/d8files/event-documents/KPillemer_paper.pdf
Pillemer, K., Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Reid, M. C., & Wells, N. M. (2010). Environmental volunteering and health outcomes over a 20-year period. The Gerontologist, 50(5), 594–602. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnq007
Nakamura, S., and Aruga, T. (2013). Epidemiology of heat illness. Japan Medical Association, 56(3), 162–166. https://www1.med.or.jp/english/journal/pdf/2013_03/162_166.pdf
Oudin Astrom, D., Forsberg, B., & Rocklov, J. (2011). Heat wave impact on morbidity and mortality in the elderly population: A review of recent studies. Maturitas, 69(2), 99–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.03.008
Oven, K. J., Curtis, S. E., Reaney, S., Riva, M., Stewart, M. G., Ohlemuller, R., Dunn, C. E., Nodwell, S., Dominelli, L., & Holden, R. (2012). Climate change and health and social care: Defining future hazard, vulnerability and risk for infrastructure systems supporting older people’s health care in England. Applied Geography, 33, 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.05.012
Phillips, D. R., & Feng, Z. (2017). Global ageing. In M. Skinner, G. Andrews, & M. Cutchin (Eds.), Geographical Gerontology: Perspectives, Concepts, Approaches (pp. 93-109). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315281216
Petkova, E. P., Dimitrova, L. K., Sera, F. & Gasparrini, A. (2021). Mortality attributable to heat and cold among the elderly in Sofia, Bulgaria. International Journal of Biometeorology, 65, 865–872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-02064-y
Paavola, J. (2017). Health impacts of climate change and health and social inequalities in the UK. Environmental Health, 16(1), 113. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-017-0328-z
Moser, S. C. (2017). Never too old to care: Reaching an untapped cohort of climate action champions. Public Policy & Aging Report, 27(1), 33–36. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prw029
Otto, S., & Kaiser, F. G. (2014). Ecological behavior across the lifespan: Why environmentalism increases as people grow older. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 40, 331–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.08.004
Osayomi, T., & Ugwu, R.C. (2021). "This heat is killing": Perception of heat stress among elderly women in Ibadan, Nigeria. In Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition)(pp. 2385–2389). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_373
Odame Appiah, D., Asante, F., Antwi-Boadi, L., & Serbeh, R. (2021). Elderly smallholder farmers' perceptions of and adaptation to climate variability and change in rural Ghana. Working with Older People, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-09-2021-0052
O'Meara, P. (2019). The ageing farming workforce and the health and sustainability of agricultural communities: A narrative review. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 27(4), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12543
Ngo, E. B. (2001). When disasters and age collide: Reviewing vulnerability of the elderly. Natural Hazards Review, 2(1), 80–89. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2001)2:2(80)
Nicholas, P., Breakey, S., & Blank, P. (2020). Roles of nurse practitioners: Health consequences of climate change in vulnerable older adults. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 16(6), 433–437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.03.011
Murphy, S. (2021). Climate change and political (in)action: An intergenerational epistemic divide? Sustainable Environment, 7(1), 1951509. https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2021.1951509
Mueller, C., Klein, U., & Hof, A. (2017). Locating urban heat stress vulnerability: A GIS-based spatial cluster analysis of urban heat load, the elderly and accessibility of urban green spaces. GI Forum, 1, 315–326. https://www.austriaca.at/buecher/files/GI_Forum/GI_Forum_2017_Vol_1/D01_14122_FP_Ver05_Mueller.pdf
Montoro-Ramirez, E. M., Parra-Anguita, L., Alvarez-Nieto, C., Parra, G., & Lopez-Medina, I. (2021). Effects of climate change in the elderly’s health: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(4), e058063. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058063
Moody, H. R. (2009). Eco-elders: Legacy and environmental advocacy. Generations, 33(4), 70–74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26555704
Morabito, M., Crisci, A., Gioli, B., Gualtieri, G., Toscano, P., Di Stefano, V., Orlandini, S., & Gensini, G. F. (2015). Urban-hazard risk analysis: Mapping of heat-related risks in the eldelry in major Italian cities. PLoS ONE, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127277
Moody, R. (2017). Elders and climate change: No excuses. Public Policy & Ageing Report, 27(1), 22–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prw031
Moody, H. R. (2014). Overcoming objections by elders to action on climate change. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 80(1), 64–75. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415015591110
Molinsky, J. and Forsyth, A. (2022). Climate change, aging, and well-being: How residential setting matters. Housing Policy Debate. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2022.2109711
Mitrofanenko, T., Snajdr, J., Muhar, A., Penker, M., & Schauppenlehner-Kloyber, E. (2018). Biosphere reserve for all: Potentials for involving underrepresented age groups in the development of a biosphere reserve through intergenerational practice. Environmental Management, 62(3), 429–445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1059-9
Millyard, A., Layden, J. D., Pyne, D. B., Edwards, A. E., & Bloxham, S. R. (2020). Impairments to thermoregulation in the eldelry during heat exposure events. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 6. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721420932432
Milfont, T. L., & Sibley, C. G. (2011). Exploring the concept of environmental generativity. International Journal of Hispanic Psychology, 4(1), 21–30. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/exploring-concept-environmental-generativity/docview/1720961182/se-2
Milfont, T. L., Zubielevitch, E., Milojev, P., & Sibley, C. G. (2021). Ten-year panel data confirm generation gap but climate beliefs increase at similar rates across ages. Nature Communications, 12(1), 4038. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24245-y
Mian, I. A., Qazi, M. A., & Gul, N. (2019). Impacts of climate change on social life of older people in district Nowshera-Pakistan. Developing Country Studies, 9(4), 22–28. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234683461.pdf
Merdjanof, A. A. (2021). Climate, disasters, and extreme weather events: Vulnerability, resources, and interventions for lower-income older adults. Generations, 45(2), 1–10. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48663632
McDermott-Levy, R., Kolanowski, A. M., Fick, D. M., & Mann, M. E. (2019). Addressing the health risks of climate change in older adults. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 45(11), 21–29. https://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20191011-04
McQuaid, K., Vanderbeck, R., Plastow, J., Valentine, G., Liu, C., Chen, L., Zhang, M., & Diprose, K. (2017). Intergenerational community-based research and creative practice: Promoting environmental sustainability in Jinja, Uganda. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 15(4), 389–410. https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2017.1368357
Matsuba, M. K., Pratt, M. W., Norris, J. E., Mohle, E., Alisat, S., & McAdams, D. P. (2012). Environmentalism as a context for expressing identity and generativity: Patterns among activists and uninvolved youth and midlife adults. Journal of Personality, 80, 1091–1115. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00765.x
Marlon, J., Neyens, L., Everett-Lane, B., Rosenthal, S. A., Maibach, E., & Leiserowitz, A. (2022). How do climate change views differ by generation? Generations, 46(2), 1–11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48697105
Marks, D. (2019). Reducing the high vulnerability of the elderly to urban flooding. In A. M. L. Chong, & I. Chi (Eds.), Social Work and Sustainability in Asia: Facing the Challenges of Global Environmental Changes (pp. 10). Routledge Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315514970
Marchand, A. M. (2022). Climate and cultural vulnerabilities of Indigenous elders. Generations, 46(2), 1–7. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48697104
Malmquist, A., Hjerpe, M., Glaas, E., Karlsson, H., & Lassi, T. (2022). Elderly people's perceptions of heat stress and adaptation to heat: An interview study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 3775. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073775
MacLean, D. (2015). Prisoner’s dilemmas, intergenerational asymmetry, and climate change ethics. In M. Peterson (Ed.), The Prisoner’s Dilemma (pp. 219–242). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.4000/oeconomia.4670
Lowry, D. (2009). Age, the life course, and environmental justice. Environmental Justice, 2(3), 109–116. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2009.0002
Loughnan, M. E., Carroll, M., & Tapper, N. (2013). Learning from our older people: Pilot study findings on responding to heat. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 33(4), 271–277. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12050
Loke, A., Yuen, L., Claudia, K. Y., & Fung, O. (2012). At-home disaster preparedness of elderly people in Hong Kong. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 12(3), 524–531. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00778.x
Linares, C., Diaz, J., Negev, M., Sanchez Martinez, G., Debono, R., & Paz, S. (2020). Impacts of climate change on the public health of the Mediterranean Basin population – Current situation, projections, preparedness and adaptation. Environmental Research, 182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.109107
Li, G., Jin, J., Huang, J., Xu, Z., Cao, R., Wang, Y., Zeng, Q., & Pan, X. (2023). Long-term apparent temperature exposure and risk of depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly adults: A prospective cohort study in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4), 3229. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043229
Liu, T., Ren, Z., Zhang, Y., Feng, B., Lin, H., Xiao, J., Zeng, W., Li, X., Li, Z., Rutherford, S., Xu, Y., Lin, S., Nasca, P.C., Du, Y., Wang, J., Huang, C., Jia, P. & Ma, W. (2019). Modification effects of population expansion, ageing, and adaptation on heat-related mortality risks under different climate change scenarios in Guangzhou, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(3), 376. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030376
Kim, Y. M., Kim, S., Cheong, H. K., Choi, K., & Ahn, B. (2012). Effects of high temperature on body temperature and blood pressure in elderly people living in poor housing conditions. Epidemiology, 23(55). https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ede.0000417415.08615.1f
Liu, S. T., & Kaplan, M. (2006). An intergenerational approach for enriching children’s environmental attitudes and knowledge. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 5(1), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15330150500302155
Lin, M. T., Kor, C. T., Chang, C. C., Chai, W. H., Soon, M. S., Ciou, Y. S, Lian, L. B., & Chang, C. C. (2018). Association of meteorological factors and air NO2 and O3 concentrations with acute exacerbation of elderly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Scientific Reports, 8, 10192. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28532-5
Li, T., Horton, R. M., Bader, D. A., Zhou, M., Liang, X., Ban, J., Sun, Q., & Kinney, P. L. (2016). Aging will amplify the heat-related mortality risk under a changing climate: Projection for the elderly in Beijing, China. Scientific Reports, 6, 28161.https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28161
Lent, R. (2022). The give and get of climate change work. Generations, 46(2), 1–5. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48697103
Leyva, E. W. A., Beaman, A., & Davidson, P. M. (2017). Health impact of climate change in older people: An integrative review and implications for nursing. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 49(6), 670–678. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12346