Selected challenges of the elderly in the context of climate change

• Autorzy: Klemens Brygida , Misiurski Przemysław , Solga Brygida

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.34659/eis.2025.94.3.1097

Warianty tytułu

PL

Wybrane wyzwania osób starszych w kontekście zmian klimatu

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The purpose of the article is to diagnose challenges related to the needs of seniors having to do with climate change. Selected challenges are addressed in detail, i.e., seniors' greater exposure to the effects of climate change, and seniors' limited digital competence and financial resources, which are important barriers to minimising the negative effects of climate change. The practical goal is to develop recommendations for improving the situation of seniors in the face of climate change. The issue of ageing in the context of climate change can be considered original. There is a clear gap in the literature in this area, although it is indicated that this is one of the most important challenges of this century globally. Research is conducted in theoretical and empirical dimensions. The theoretical parts present an analysis of literature on the subject, legal acts and source materials of EU institutions. In the empirical part, the first step was to define the data necessary for the empirical analysis and to define the geographic area to which the data were to apply (the EU). The analysis was carried out using descriptive statistical methods. This part also includes a comparative analysis of issues related to the ageing of the population in individual EU member states, causes of death in older people broken down by the most common diseases (for the EU), digital competence of EU residents broken down by age group, and income of older people in the EU. The empirical part is based on an analysis of data from the Eurostat database. Some limitation in rearranging the data was their limited availability, i.e. not all the most up-to-date data applied to all countries. The article presents only those data for which values were obtained from all countries and then aggregated to EU values. Three hypotheses were put forward, which are addressed in the final part of the article. Our analysis shows that the elderly are already more severely affected by climate change, as they are overwhelmingly at risk of cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, as well as pandemic illnesses and mental disorders. Added to this is a health and social care system that is inadequately prepared for these challenges Cognitive barriers quite prevalent in the elderly group, along with language and technological barriers, which can effectively limit the ability to minimise the negative effects of climate change. Our analysis shows that seniors are a marginal group of Internet users worldwide, which, among other things, may make it more difficult to access hazard warnings and information on how to respond and more vulnerable to mortality in the wake of extreme weather events. We assume that a lack of digital competence significantly impairs seniors' quality of life. Our analysis shows that the financial resources of the elderly are already limited, and many seniors are not coping financially. Certainly, this situation will make it much more difficult or even impossible to adapt, at least in terms of the housing conditions of seniors, to the needs of the changing climate. The end result of the article is a list of recommendations for public authorities to improve the situation of the elderly in the face of climate change, broken down into the following categories: greater vulnerability of the elderly to the effects of climate change; relatively low digital competence of the elderly in the face of climate change; limited financial resources of the elderly in the face of climate change.

PL

Celem artykułu jest diagnoza wyzwań związanych z potrzebami seniorów w kontekście zmian klimatu. Szczegółowo omówiono wybrane wyzwania, tj. większe narażenie seniorów na skutki zmian klimatu oraz ograniczone kompetencje cyfrowe i zasoby finansowe seniorów, które stanowią istotne bariery w minimalizowaniu negatywnych skutków zmian klimatu. Celem praktycznym jest opracowanie rekomendacji dotyczących poprawy sytuacji seniorów w obliczu zmian klimatu. Zagadnienie starzenia się w kontekście zmian klimatu można uznać za oryginalne. W literaturze przedmiotu istnieje wyraźna luka w tym zakresie, choć wskazuje się, że jest to jedno z najważniejszych wyzwań tego stulecia w skali globalnej. Badania prowadzone są w wymiarze teoretycznym i empirycznym. W części teoretycznej przedstawiono analizę literatury przedmiotu, aktów prawnych oraz materiałów źródłowych instytucji UE. W części empirycznej pierwszym krokiem było zdefiniowanie danych niezbędnych do analizy empirycznej oraz określenie obszaru geograficznego, do którego dane miały się odnosić (UE). Analiza została przeprowadzona przy użyciu metod statystyki opisowej. Część ta obejmuje również analizę porównawczą kwestii związanych ze starzeniem się społeczeństwa w poszczególnych państwach członkowskich UE, przyczyn zgonów osób starszych w podziale na najczęstsze choroby (dla UE), kompetencji cyfrowych mieszkańców UE w podziale na grupy wiekowe oraz dochodów osób starszych w UE. Część empiryczna opiera się na analizie danych z bazy danych Eurostatu. Pewnym ograniczeniem w uporządkowaniu danych była ich ograniczona dostępność, tj. nie wszystkie najbardziej aktualne dane dotyczyły wszystkich krajów. W artykule przedstawiono tylko te dane, dla których uzyskano wartości ze wszystkich krajów, a następnie zagregowano je do wartości UE. Postawiono trzy hipotezy, do których odniesiono się w końcowej części artykułu. Nasza analiza pokazuje, że osoby starsze są już bardziej dotknięte zmianami klimatu, ponieważ są one w przeważającej mierze narażone na choroby układu krążenia, choroby układu oddechowego, a także choroby pandemiczne i zaburzenia psychiczne. Do tego dochodzi system opieki zdrowotnej i społecznej, który nie jest odpowiednio przygotowany na te wyzwania. Bariery poznawcze dość powszechne wśród seniorów, wraz z barierami językowymi i technologicznymi, mogą skutecznie ograniczać minimalizowanie negatywnych skutków zmian klimatu. Nasza analiza pokazuje, że seniorzy są marginalną grupą użytkowników Internetu na całym świecie, co między innymi może utrudniać dostęp do ostrzeżeń o zagrożeniach i informacji o tym, jak reagować, a także bardziej narażać na śmiertelność w wyniku ekstremalnych zjawisk pogodowych. Zakładamy, że brak kompetencji cyfrowych znacząco pogarsza jakość życia seniorów. Nasza analiza pokazuje, że zasoby finansowe osób starszych są już ograniczone i wielu seniorów nie radzi sobie finansowo. Z pewnością sytuacja ta znacznie utrudni lub wręcz uniemożliwi dostosowanie chociażby warunków mieszkaniowych seniorów do potrzeb zmieniającego się klimatu. Efektem końcowym artykułu jest lista rekomendacji dla władz publicznych mających na celu poprawę sytuacji osób starszych w obliczu zmian klimatu, w podziale na następujące kategorie: większa podatność osób starszych na skutki zmian klimatu; stosunkowo niskie kompetencje cyfrowe osób starszych w obliczu zmian klimatu; ograniczone zasoby finansowe osób starszych w obliczu zmian klimatu.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ageing population; climate change; extreme weather events; digital competencies; financial resources

PL

starzenie się społeczeństwa; zmiany klimatu; ekstremalne zjawiska pogodowe; kompetencje cyfrowe; zasoby finansowe

• Wydawca: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych
• Czasopismo: Economics and Environment
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: No. 3
• Strony: art. no. 1097
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 87 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Klemens Brygida

• Opole University of Technology, Prószkowska Street 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4606-163X

autor

Misiurski Przemysław

• Opole University of Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7052-8535

autor

Solga Brygida

• Opole University of Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5097-9339

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