The Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program

The goal of the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program is to provide the leadership and a neutral forum for improving policy making through intentional value-based dialogue in the areas of energy and environmental policies.

The Energy Policy Forum, with a broad focus, and the Global Forum on Energy, Economy and Security, limited to international oil and gas issues, attract experts and policy makers annually to discuss current and future trends and issues.

What's New

This July, the Aspen Commission on Arctic Climate Change, along with more than 100 participants including President Carter, Secretary Madeleine Albright, Ted Turner, Larry Page and other dignitaries, traveled to the high Norwegain arctic aboard the ship National Geographic Endeavour.  Sponsored by National Geographic, the Aspen Institute and Lindblad Expeditions, the voyage was called the "Arctic Expedition for Climate Action."  Read more

The dates for the 2009 Aspen Environment Forum are Wednesday, March 25 to Sunday, March 29.  Similar in spirit to the extremely popular Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Environment Forum is an innovative 3-day festival for intellectual thought and conversation about the environment across a broad array of issues among a diverse group of participants.   The winners of the first annual Energy and Environment Awards, were presented at a ceremony on March 29, 2008, during the inaugural Aspen Environment Forum. Created by the Aspen Global Leadership Network and Henry Crown Fellows, the Energy and Environment Awards recognize and reward excellence for those making significant contributions to innovation, implementation, and communication of energy and environmental solutions.  

The Catto Fellowship Program:
International Environmental
Leadership in the 21st Century

This unique two-year international fellowship initiative strives to expand the role of environmental leadership by exposing emerging professionals from different backgrounds to a broad array of environmental issues and challenges as well as to each other. 

Proposed Dialogue and
Civil Commission on
Arctic Climate Change

Given the projected impacts of global warming world-wide, the Energy and Environment Program has identified an international potential to begin outlining a sustainable future for the Arctic in which the region's important natural resources, unique wildlife and ecological relationships, and customary subsistence ways of life can be protected amid historic changes and rising global economic demands.