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![Climate of Hope](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7a778d45-9072-483d-bc15-ec7c61ffac34/53817220503_5fae6aa65a_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1413%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
Amid the stark realities of our planet's degradation, there are bright glimmers of hope in conservation efforts around the world. Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier use masterful storytelling and breathtaking imagery to show audiences a future in which humanity works in harmony with nature to preserve our planet for coming generations.
![Aspen Ideas: Climate](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c5d2e22c-4b87-4eb9-bd03-85a49d07686c/unnamed_ecf439e1-a946-4142-b355-d5d918feec4a_1600x.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=699%2C0%2C901%2C900&w=290)
Earth's climate is changing, and it is changing now. Join us for Aspen Ideas: Climate, March 11–13, 2024 in Miami Beach, Florida.
![Climate Change and You](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/dd182fc3-96aa-4494-8315-199e1ffffc0e/52178749159_42e6923fa8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
How do you impact climate change? How does climate change — and the fraught conversation about it — impact you? Are feelings of climate doom even justified? What are the best ways to combat hopelessness? In this panel, the country’s leading climate-anxiety psychologist joins a popular TikTok science communicator to explore our personal relationship with the crisis.
![Climate Speakers](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fc72c557-18c0-4808-a6eb-0546b2df6971/52733854788_242beb3bee_o1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1395%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
![Climate Litigation 101: The Courts as a Climate Solution](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/db9f273a-1ef9-4576-a2cb-bb64ac65b7a7/53584775408_811157bd2a_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C576%2C5504%2C5510&w=290)
In 2023, a group of youth plaintiffs won a historic victory against the state of Montana, which they sued for violating their right to a clean environment. The attorney who represented that case and other legal experts weigh in on where climate litigation stands today, and how and when the law can be used as a tool to protect people and advance solutions
![Mary Robinson 2018](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/033ba548-58bc-4da6-b77c-6bc78bbec632/45076054885_622d029133_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ab287a&q=80&rect=1111%2C0%2C3648%2C3648&w=400)
![Mary Robinson 2018](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/033ba548-58bc-4da6-b77c-6bc78bbec632/45076054885_622d029133_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1111%2C0%2C3648%2C3648&w=400)
Mary Robinson talks about climate change and its humanitarian impacts.
![Aspen Ideas: Climate Press](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ab947fb2-0cb4-4c50-9b0a-92f98fdd701f/nightscape-skyline.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=825%2C0%2C2400%2C2400&w=290)
![Climate Doctors: Frontline Medical Care for Climate Change](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d5e38f35-e94e-4111-b7bc-96cbbf65e46d/53807763449_13fb8f0222_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=25%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
Extreme heat waves, storms, and wildfires; disease outbreaks, water shortages, and crop loss; tick-borne illnesses and asthma—these are just some visible signs of a changing climate. Few physicians have been trained to recognize the potent health consequences—allergies that are no longer just seasonal, athletes suddenly finding it hard to breathe, patients who can’t get ne...
![Climate Risks, Health Risks](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null43b6b5df-fd2d-4da9-8b57-6e97af90b8f4/35395060531_493b31d7c6_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=272%2C0%2C1056%2C1056&w=290)
As climate change increasingly becomes a fact of daily life, the health hazards of rising sea levels, catastrophic storms, water and food shortages, respiratory and vector-borne diseases, and temperature extremes are coming into sharper focus. Military leaders are warning that climate change could result in a refugee crisis of “unimaginable scale,” and some experts believe...
![ICYMI: Books We’re Reading on Climate](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/bf797f7a-8e33-47b1-ae69-237cd87e9304/iStock-889902600.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=664%2C0%2C1416%2C1415&w=290)
Our favorite books about climate: up-close looks at communities impacted by warming, riveting stories that center the natural world, and bold, comprehensive solutions.
![The Ocean is a Climate Superhero](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/4ec3224d-5df5-4865-98ff-cda7ef485dc0/MichaelConathan%2CColinFoord%2CSwatiThiyagarajanFoster%2CBartonSeaverspeaking16.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=928%2C0%2C3712%2C3712&w=290)
Though the ocean covers more than two-thirds of our planet, produces roughly half of the oxygen we breathe, and has sequestered over 40% of the carbon dioxide emitted since the dawn of the industrial revolution, its contributions to ameliorating the global climate crisis are regularly overlooked; the full text of the Paris Climate Accord includes the word “ocean” exactly o...
![Tommy Caldwell on What Climbing and Climate Activism Have in Common](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/378c795d-4d13-4cdf-add3-3f21c9bd534d/TommyCaldwell.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2560%2C377%2C2812%2C2802&w=290)
Climber Tommy Caldwell on why athletes should be activists, how outdoor recreation helps bridge partisan polarization, and the trip to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that's stuck with him.
![On Climate Policy, Cities Lead the Way](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null414a1554-4430-49b5-b33d-f12c575e71b4/48145267816_31d66da870_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=832%2C0%2C3335%2C3335&w=290)
Cities are responsible for 70 percent of global carbon emissions, and by 2050, two out of every three people will live in one. Fortunately, cities are getting serious about environmental footprint — New York announced its own Green New Deal, Melbourne aims to be carbon neutral by 2020, and Los Angeles will use 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Mayors are often more nim...
![Schooling the Climate Crisis](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0c56230d-7eb9-4998-ac32-48741d1b4adf/52735712209_f615d9dd07_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1808%2C0%2C4640%2C4640&w=290)
In 2021, over a million K-12 students missed school because of extreme weather events—and yet their schools are largely silent on the realities of climate change. This can change if we activate the next generation of climate leaders while we transform their schools with electric buses, renewable energy, and sustainable lunchrooms.
![Living a Climate-smart Life: What Can I Do?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ed351f71-e6ff-4ae0-832c-8e4cd6f02ffc/viewpoints.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2000%2C2000&w=290)
We all have a role to play in addressing the climate crisis, and small individual actions can add up to big impacts. In this session we’ll explore the variety of steps that individuals can take to make a difference. We’ll look at better-known tools like carbon offsets for flights and home energy efficiency changes, as well as the growing opportunities around your financial...
![Closing the Climate Gap for Girls and Women](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7c58f9e1-944f-43e1-91a6-70ea591b4afe/53811270499_6a024c72b2_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=464%2C0%2C3374%2C3372&w=290)
Climate change is a threat multiplier with a disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations. Girls and women, who are denied equitable access to education and economic opportunity in many parts of the world, are most likely to experience the far-reaching effects of a warming planet. Advocates are trying to level the playing field with projects designed to empower the fe...
![Climate Solutions Showcase](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/6fe9f593-bd2c-4785-a9f2-ba798ff6deef/53589999265_33f4c54606_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2490%2C0%2C5301%2C5304&w=290)
The Climate Solutions Showcase will highlight a diverse set of early stage entrepreneurs sharing their climate solutions. They'll do so with fast paced pitches targeted at investors, potential clients, colleagues and anyone interested in climate tech.
![Climate Change in the American Mind](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9a4c41ff-3612-4850-9c1d-22c50fc1f017/48145691417_80e62078ef_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
Experts believe climate change is not a technological problem, it’s a social problem. Americans have diverse and opposing views about global warming, which fundamentally shape the politics of climate change. What are the recent, and often surprising, trends in American knowledge, attitudes, and behavior on the issue? Where do liberals and conservatives across age and regio...
![The Climate Solutions in Stories](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/caeeac7a-1560-4a37-ad51-e0f44626303a/52735727204_179dbe4dd8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
The biggest story of our time is unfolding and there is no right way to tell it. Each of these storytellers is telling it differently—using journalism, photography, television, or tiktok to change hearts and minds and drive climate action.