Global AgeWatch Policy Brief 3 highlights how older women and men are both affected by environmental change and are key contributors to the planet’s sustainability. The opportunities and challenges of global ageing should therefore be central to sustainable development agendas such as Rio+20 and the post-2015 development framework.

This Global AgeWatch Policy Brief 2 discusses the challenges older people face and their enabling roles in the current context of slow economic growth, uncertainty and rising unemployment.

As the current MDGs approach the 2015 deadline, Global AgeWatch Policy Brief 1 explains why ageing and investing in older people must be reflected in the post-2015 framework.