Energy Security and Climate Initiative
Todd Stern and Dava Newman were interviewed by Steve Clemons of The Atlantic on perspectives on climate change from space and earth. The interview was held live from the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Todd Stern was interviewed by Olga Khazan of The Atlantic at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June 2018.
Todd Stern was interviewed by Aspen Public Radio’s Elizabeth Stewart Severy at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June 2018.
On June 24, Todd Stern and Christiana Figueres presented at a session at the Aspen Ideas Festival on “Leading on Climate: The United States Gave up the Reins: Now What?” The discussion was moderated by David Leonhardt of The New York Times.
[On the Trump Administration's approach to the coal industry] The Obama administration didn't kill coal, cheap natural gas did. I think they [the Trump Administration] thought they could undo all this Obama stuff and coal would come roaring back, but that's not the case. So now they're needing to use some pretty out-there mechanisms to get the results they want.
When the politics of serious energy policy become impossible to manage . . . a torrent of symbolic actions fills the space.
[On the G-7 Summit] Justin Trudeau would clearly like to avoid a G6 + 1.