News and Events
Author Features:
NEW "Climate-Resilient Housing Strategies for our Aging Population," ICMA Public Management Magazine, December 1, 2023, https://icma.org/articles/pm-magazine/climate-resilient-housing-strategies-our-aging-population
NEW "How Cities Can Protect Elderly Residents in Climate Disasters," CityLab/Bloomberg, November 29, 2023, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-11-29/us-climate-resilience-plans-need-to-prioritize-older-people
"Our Aging Nation Calls for New Approaches to Emergency Management", International Association of Emergency Management Bulletin, Vol 40, Number 11, November 2023 (members only), https://www.iaem.org/resources/newsletter
"How are demographic, climate change trends on a 'collision course'?," American Society of Civil Engineers book review, November 15, 2023, https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2023/11/how-are-demographic-climate-change-trends-on-collision-course
"Adapting to Climate Change as the Nation Ages", Next Avenue, November 13, 2023, https://www.nextavenue.org/adapting-climate-change-as-nation-ages/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter_article_share
"Climate Change is a Growing Risk for Older Women," Ms Magazine, November 10, 2023, https://msmagazine.com/2023/11/10/climate-change-older-women-fires-evacuations/
"How Citymeals on Wheels and other services are prepping for NYC's next disaster," Gothamist, November 9, 2023, https://gothamist.com/news/how-citymeals-on-wheels-and-other-senior-services-are-prepping-for-nycs-next-disaster
Included in Yale Climate Collections' list of new books on climate change and health, October 30, 2023 https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/10/new-books-and-reports-about-climate-change-and-your-health/
"How Older People Got Left Out of Climate Planning," Heatmap.news, October 27, 2023, https://heatmap.news/lifestyle/how-older-people-got-left-out-of-climate-planning
Selected as Natural Hazards Center's "New Reads" book for 2023: https://hazards.colorado.edu/library/new-reads
October 13, 2023 podcast for Mpact and The Overhead Wire, https://www.mpactmobility.org/podcasts/episode-73-older-adults-and-climate-emergencies/
October 4, 2023 opinion piece in Governing: https://www.governing.com/climate/older-people-suffer-the-most-in-climate-disasters-we-need-to-plan-and-prepare-for-that
August 11, 2023 op-ed in The Progressive: https://progressive.org/op-eds/were-not-ready-temperatures-aging-nation-arigoni-230811/
May 2023 Submission to UNHCR Report on Reducing Climate Risks to Older Adults: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/cfi-subm/2308/subm-older-context-climate-aca-danielle-arigoni.pdf
Upcoming (and Past) Author Events:
December 12, 2023, America Walks webinar, register at https://americawalks.org/webinar-climate-and-age-friendly-communities/
December 5, 2023, Smart Growth Network/University of Maryland, register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7007589360466944350
December 1, Syracuse University Aging Studies webinar (closed virtual event)
November 30, 2023, Union of Concerned Scientists (closed in-person event)
NEW November 28, 2023, Congress for New Urbanism On the Park Bench webinar, watch the recording: https://www.cnu.org/resources/on-the-park-bench/authors-forum-climate-resilience-aging-nation
November 17, 2023, APA Planning Webcast Series (Sponsored by APA Chapters & Divisions), https://www.youtube.com/planningwebcast
November 16, 2023, Climate Mayors webinar (closed virtual event)
November 16, 2023, First Things First Okanagan webinar, watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7_5AiFrYf8
November 15, 2023, People's Book in-person talk and book-signing (Takoma Park, MD), https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/climate-resilience-aging-nation/
November 6, 2023, Mpact Conference booksigning, https://www.mpactmobility.org/conference/
October 27, 2023, Oregon APA Conference, https://oregon.planning.org/events/conference/oapa-2023-planning-conference/accomodations/
October 24, 2023, New York Academy of Medicine webinar, https://www.nyam.org/events/event/resilience-report-and-webinar-launch/
October 18, 2023, Grantmakers in Aging Annual Conference, talk and book-signing (GIA members only)
October 6, 2023, Cornell University Colloquium, https://aap.cornell.edu/news-events/lecture/danielle-arigoni-climate-resilience-aging-nation
August 22, 2023 (60-min webinar), Cities for Everyone, watch the recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=357nliSdu2A&list=PL10UNxAJiFzePnFrXSL5h1R26QJu4Stwx&index=1
On-demand webinar (22-min slideshow), Leading Age (fee or membership may be required to view): https://leadingage.org/why-older-adults-must-be-considered-in-climate-change-discussions/
Recent News on the Issue:
NEW Light analysis shows where Puerto Rico hurricane damage was especially deadly (Washington Post), https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/28/puerto-rico-power-outages-death-rates/
Five years after California’s historic Camp Fire killed 85, Paradise moves ahead with a goal to build a fireproof town (San Jose Mercury News), https://bit.ly/49oh2j5
A climate change success story? Look at Hoboken. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/headway/hoboken-floods.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
As the Maui fires raged, senior victims had to fend for themselves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/24/maui-fire-seniors-disproportionate-victims/
It was an oasis for Maui Elders. The fire brought Terror and Death. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/maui-wildfire-senior-complex-lahaina.html
Interactive map to explore heat risk in US by zip code: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2022/extreme-heat-risk-map-us/
Washington Post, "What Extreme Heat does to the Human Body," https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/climate-change-humidity/
Washington Post, "Gentrification by Fire," https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/california-fires-home-prices/?itid=hp_Climate%20box_p015_f003
Washington Post, "In graying Puerto Rico, the elderly face climate disasters alone," https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/13/puerto-rico-hurricanes-climate-elderly/
New York Times, "‘Our Bubble Has Been Burst’: Older Storm Victims Face an Uncertain Future", https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/us/florida-hurricane-ian-retirees.html