G-20 Put Global Aging On The Agenda, But Did They Define Longevity As A Problem, Or An Opportunity?
The G-20, the world’s finance ministers and central bankers, are meeting in Japan. In keeping with the backdrop of Japan, the nation with the world’s fastest-aging population, global aging has made its way to the front of G-20’s agenda. Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is quoted as warning the world’s financial decision makers that they must act now to take “effective measures against it.”
Those who are invested in making the world a better place for older adults have reason to cheer such a move. The placement of population aging on the G-20’s agenda represents an “historic first” for the international forum. A report published by the Global Coalition on Aging in the lead-up to the meeting targets healthcare, finance, and urban design as three “critical topics” for policymakers—all important spheres for reform and innovation. Digging deeper into the report, one finds lifelong education, age-friendly communities, and improving quality-of-life as opposed to merely extending life being named as priorities—all of which I have myself have argued for in the past.
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