Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation | Danielle Arigoni, National Housing Trust

By 2034, the US will have more people over 65 than under 18. With that growth, our exposure to climate-related harm will also grow, because people over 65 are over-represented among those who die in disasters. In this talk, community resilience and housing expert Danielle Arigoni argues that we cannot achieve true resilience until communities adopt interventions that work to meet the needs of their oldest residents. Arigoni will explain why climate change affects older people differently and describe a wide range of interventions to make communities more resilient for everyone when designed with older adults in mind.

Danielle Arigoni is an urban planner and community resilience expert.  As Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at National Housing Trust, she provides strategic direction for the organization’s sustainability and resilience policy efforts and oversees NHT’s state and local advisory services. She is also author of Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation (2023, Island Press), which she will discuss in this talk. Danielle previously served as Director of Livable Communities at AARP and leadership positions in HUD and EPA advancing climate resilience, smart growth, and more sustainable communities. Danielle holds a Master of Regional Planning degree from Cornell University and a bachelor’s degree in planning from the University of Oregon.