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Elderly

Social group comprising older persons whose age-related health and mobility conditions can increase their sensitivity to climate hazards such as heat stress and constrain their adaptive capacity.

Definition source: WHO (ageing and health)

Synonyms

older persons, older people

Broader

Social group

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Stakeholder is engaged in a qualifying intervention (adopts, finances, or promotes), OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or impact; NOT adaptation when named only as an actor in a value chain or project, with no climate-risk role.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

STK_014 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/STK_014
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/STK_014)