Longevity and Sustainability: Climate, Health, and the Human Lifespan

Illustration linking climate, health and the human lifespan: ageing populations, healthcare innovations, environmental impacts and sustainable policies working together to extend healthy life expectancy.

Climate as a Determinant of Longevity At the 2025 Global Longevity Forum, researchers emphasized that climate change is emergingas a major determinant of human lifespan.According to Dr. José Serres, “for every 1°C increase in global temperature, average lifeexpectancy falls by 0.44 years, roughly five months per person.” This finding reframes climate change not merely as […]