The Gerontologist, 2023, XX, 1–6 https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad137 Advance access publication 6 October 2023 Special Issue: Climate Change and Aging: Forum Age-Friendly and Climate Resilient Communities: A Grey–Green Alliance Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, PhD, 1, * Geoffrey D. Dabelko, PhD, 2 Smitha Rao, PhD, 1 Melissa Damico, MS, 2 Fiona C. Doherty, MSW, 1 Anthony C. Traver, MSW, 1, and Marisa Sheldon, MSW, LISW-S 3 1 College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 2 George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA. 3 Age-Friendly Innovation Center, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. *Address correspondence to: Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, PhD. E-mail: dabelko-schoeny.1@osu.edu Decision Editor: Nicholas G. Castle, PhD, FGSA Abstract The world’s population is aging while the Earth’s climate is warming. The climate change crisis poses threats to our aging population and requires concerted action. Steps to address these threats present opportunities for improving livability for people of all ages while addressing the under- lying drivers of climate change. Yet prominent action frameworks such as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities do not explicitly include climate resilience and sustainability as essential elements of age-friendly communities. In this essay, we argue for the creation of a cross-cutting and interdependent sustainability and climate resilience domain to complement the existing interconnected WHO age-friendly domains of community and healthcare, communication and information, housing, civic participation and employment, outdoor spaces and buildings, social participation, respect and social inclusion, and transportation. These domains drive the community engagement, planning, action, and evaluation required by the communities who join the Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. The age-friendly network currently includes 1,445 communities, across 51 countries. We discuss how the alignment of age- friendly and climate resilience networks strengthens local action and global advocacy through a shared vision for an age-friendly and climate resilient future. Keywords: Aging, Climate change, Environment, Sustainability. The world’s population is aging, and the Earth’s climate is warming. Yet few examples of interdisciplinary or cross- sectoral frameworks for research and action exist at the in- terface of older adults and climate resilience. Though there is shared recognition of older adults’ vulnerability to climate change impacts, public sector responses to aging and climate dynamics around the world remain largely independent and siloed, despite relying on many similar structures and process- es. Shared goals include robust public participation and social networks, accessible and wide-ranging public transportation, resilient housing infrastructure, walkable cities, and protected outdoor areas. Coping with the social and health impacts of climate change are also mutual priorities. Pursuing synergies across these efforts by local, state, national, and internation- al policymakers, practitioners, and researchers would enable communities to advance livability and resilience for all ages. The World Health Organization (WHO) established the Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in 2010 (Rémillard-Boilard et al., 2021) after its research- ers identifed key elements that support active and healthy aging in urban settings. They identifed eight “age-friendly” domains (community and healthcare, communication and information, housing, civic participation and employment, outdoor spaces and buildings, social participation, respect and social inclusion, and transportation) that infuence the quality of life for older people (WHO, 2007). These inter- related domains are intended to support the environmen- tal, social, and economic factors that infuence older adults’ health and well-being. The community engagement, planning, action, and evaluation required by communities who join the Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (WHO, 2023a) are developed around these eight domains. There are currently 1,445 communities across 51 countries in the global network (WHO, 2023b). Scholars and practitioners in both aging and climate stud- ies focus on transportation, housing, outdoor and public places, and accessible healthcare. Additionally, disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness have become an urgent focus for many age-friendly and climate resilient com- munities (Gencer & Rhodes, 2018; WHO Europe, 2017). However, the recognition of potential collaborations between climate initiatives and older adult services has not translated into regular and meaningful interventions that decrease the risk to older adults from climate impacts or capture syner- gies around shared goals. Issues of sustainability and climate change may be viewed as affecting existing domains (heat Received: January 10 2023; Editorial Decision Date: September 8 2023. © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. 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