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![2024 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellows](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/b55bb540-009b-4f0c-84e3-4030ac991fcc/Fellow_Group_Pic.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=412%2C141%2C899%2C902&w=290)
The Aspen Ideas: Health Fellows are a diverse group of health leaders who are selected for their innovative work, inspired accomplishments, and ability to transform ideas into action. Get to know the 2024 cohort!
![How Kids Are Fighting Climate Change, One Lawsuit at a Time](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/256b34f8-18b1-4b39-9984-a46a12885efa/GettyImages-1147070895.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=993%2C0%2C2636%2C2638&w=290)
How is constitutional law being harnessed to address climate change? Ahead of Aspen Ideas: Climate, we caught up with Andrea Rodgers, Senior Attorney at Our Children's Trust, whose environmental law practice is fighting on behalf of young people and future generations.
![Our Carbon Future](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7beb3d8a-895e-489b-9e73-2980d71a697c/AIFStockHeroImages22.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1304%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=290)
Julio Friedmann is the chief scientist at Carbon Direct and a leading expert on carbon removal, sequestration, and conversion. “Addressing the climate crisis will be the biggest enterprise in all human history, so there is a tremendous opportunity to do it well and make sure that local communities benefit meaningfully,” he says. We interviewed him about the potential of gr...
![Future Leader Spotlight: Robert Fetell](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/56f20ab1-984e-457d-9353-9d5adba62c41/2022BLOG-AIFSpeakerGuestBlogs5.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2623%2C0%2C3377%2C3375&w=290)
The Future Leaders Climate Summit gathers a diverse group of young climate changemakers for three days to discuss climate policy, communications, advocacy, and individual action with climate and energy experts, and participate in Aspen Ideas: Climate.
![Channeling Climate Angst into Action](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7e0fa5d1-ba88-4dd1-a235-0c57637637c8/AIFSpeakerGuestBlogs6.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=844%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&w=290)
Alaina Wood, aka "The Garbage Queen" on TikTok, shares the importance of imperfect sustainability and her advice for dealing with climate doom.
![Research Equity is the Foundation of Health Equity](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/29d200d7-d3e4-4733-8cc1-9d5709db1c40/Untitleddesign10.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=772%2C0%2C1081%2C1080&w=290)
Race, ethnicity, age, sex, environment, and other social determinants of health can all impact how different people respond to the same medicine or vaccine. This is why diversity and inclusivity at every stage of the medical research process are critical to learning about the safety and efficacy of potential treatments for all patients. Presented by Pfizer.
![Health Fellow Spotlight: Lea Masamo, Africa Sickle Cell Organisation](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1cab85f7-812e-4add-9f21-42f568a2d84c/IMG_44991.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=626%2C84%2C747%2C749&w=290)
Meet Lea Masamo, a 2022 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow who's building a movement of people living with sickle cell disease to advocate for programs and policies needed to improve access to quality health care.
![Our Way of Life Depends on Building a New, Just Energy System](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/9e13cf0f-69f3-40c3-9643-8c6dcfc3f3e4/Solarpanels.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1469%2C0%2C2819%2C2820&w=290)
Jason Bordoff, Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, reflects on the tension between energy affordability and climate ambition and what is necessary for a just energy transition.
![Broader Access is Vital to the Future of Testing and Healthcare Innovation](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c3da28c8-e5f0-4b2d-b8c1-e1db6cb4473a/Abbott-BinaxNOWHomeTest-DS_L9098.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1669%2C0%2C5341%2C5343&w=290)
Building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are significant opportunities to expand the use of rapid testing to address many health challenges around the world- from infectious diseases like malaria and HIV to non-infectious health needs like prenatal care. Learn how Abbott is intentionally approaching product development to democratize, decentralize and...
![RE$ET Breakout: A Mission-Oriented Approach to Stakeholder Capitalism](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/01577eaf-addb-440a-8485-66372d37f9eb/MissionOrientedApproach.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=286%2C0%2C1081%2C1080&w=290)
Across her research and writing, author and professor Mariana Mazzucato offers searing criticisms of capitalism. But in her new book "Mission Economy," she sees the possibility for a new “mission oriented” approach to capitalism that embraces inclusivity, sustainability, and innovation.
The youngest member of the US Senate talks about championing a new brand of conservatism.
![Mark Zuckerberg Wants the Government to Regulate Facebook — But Not Too Much](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null7b217499-f4d8-437b-89b8-eab6562095fc/AdobeStock_124634376.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=949%2C0%2C3744%2C3744&w=290)
Zuckerberg believes government regulation of social media platforms is the best way to handle the complex moral decisions private companies are trying to make on their own.
![What It Means for Health Care to Be a Human Right](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullece2b464-b5f8-4734-b73a-d94f8a3d1386/AdobeStock_233170402.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=951%2C0%2C2922%2C2920&w=290)
Promising health care isn’t always enough to meaningfully safeguard the health of a country’s citizens.
![Having Corporate Purpose Benefits Business and Society](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/8561b9e1-ab53-4245-936f-76194f12d54e/AdobeStock_111357829.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1953%2C0%2C3471%2C3468&w=290)
What exactly is corporate purpose? How can it provide more viable and enduring success for business and communities? Bobbi Silten, managing director of the Shared Value Initiative, shares her insights.
![How the Feminist Movement is Challenging Authoritarianism](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/240ea599-8d15-4e1c-ab49-af6ff8adcf1f/AdobeStock_134287081.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=949%2C0%2C3264%2C3264&w=290)
![Individual Actions Can't Solve Climate Change](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0d5a4f56-5e01-48b0-b2d6-60ed80ed384a/AdobeStock_56377201.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1133%2C0%2C3456%2C3456&w=290)
Joshua Goldstein, co-author of "A Bright Future," explains why individual actions to help the planet don't add up to real change.
![The Endlessly Fascinating Immune System](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0bf3217d-29f8-4a14-90f7-4f90340509e5/AdobeStock_259048293.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1301%2C0%2C4052%2C4050&w=290)
![Meat for a Hungry Planet](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ffe37026-f598-4bd5-9c0a-fae7a9551b65/AdobeStock_170071737.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1417%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=290)
![How to Attract a New Generation to Public Service](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ed07a5f1-9338-48d6-853e-13aa4b96790a/AdobeStock_83389340.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1755%2C0%2C3744%2C3744&w=290)
![Are We Flunking Democracy 101?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/af2eee0f-1797-4a77-8d7f-f910d0821558/AdobeStock_208078880.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1151%2C0%2C2833%2C2830&w=290)