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Greg Gershuny is executive director of the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program, which works to take greater action on solving climate change, and co-director of Aspen Ideas: Climate, a public forum focused on climate solutions. From 2013 to 2016, Gershuny was chief of staff for energy policy at the US Department of Energy. He previously served in several roles in the Obama White House. He was director of energy and environment in the Office of Presidential Personnel, worked on science and STEM education policy in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and was a research associate for technology and innovation policy for the National Economic Council.
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![Electrifying Equitably](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/5a0b5320-c349-47e9-8d4c-6df35e302496/53586747338_7e2dc997dc_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C794%2C5504%2C3098&w=400)
In the fight against climate change, we’ll need to electrify everything we can: cars, stoves, trucks, heat pumps, and buildings. In the process, we’ll lower emissions and ener...
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Following words from a local poet, a museum creator speaks of storytelling as a tool, and a Columbia professor talks about the geopolitical implications of the energy transiti...
![Cows, Corn, CRISPR: Understanding Biotech’s Promise](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3d0786dc-a379-49a1-b4a8-ced8bc26fde8/53583680217_cda84c434d_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C8256%2C4640&w=400)
Interested in gene-edited cows that burp less methane, drought resistant wheat, and lab-made palm oil that could reduce rainforest destruction? Learn more about these and othe...
![Morning Plenary](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7ffc06f5-6eb8-43e6-95a7-f6a5f35b50c5/53583708572_5f6331b3ff_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C8245%2C4640&w=400)
Futurific Studios’ Kathryn Murdoch and Ari Wallach preview their new PBS docuseries, a government leader turned entrepreneur shares her plastic pollution idea, environmental j...
![Evening Plenary](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/66d317fb-972d-4ea8-84b3-0536b631931a/53584995935_357d299b54_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C8256%2C4640&w=400)
Bezos Earth Fund's Lauren Sánchez shares how to innovate out of big problems, lllinois Governor JB Pritzker talks with water experts, and a biotech entrepreneur shares a plan...
![Youth in Action: A Conversation Centering Young Leaders’ Role in Protecting Climate](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/a0bfbc15-3ba1-4f32-ab86-1aaf6e784d3e/53009930468_b6b37d6d8f_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=11%2C0%2C8245%2C4640&w=400)
The world’s young leaders are leading the charge to ensure future generations inherit a vibrant and thriving planet. Hear from inspiring leaders and changemakers, among them I...
![Charging Forward: Transportation, Electrification, and Resilience](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/bc021ff5-9e33-49f5-a099-ac837e549d2c/52735747334_d09bdbf992_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C858%2C8256%2C4646&w=400)
To really have a shot at stopping climate change, we need to work toward carbon-free energy delivery and a clean air future. That means not only making a lot of electricity cl...
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GM’s CSO reflects on the auto industry, Aspen Institute releases a wildfire roadmap, then the Secretary of Agriculture expands on fire resiliency and empowerment of rural comm...
![Understanding Carbon Offsets: Benefits, Pitfalls, and What Will Really Facilitate Net-Zero](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/241c3849-73dc-430c-9ff7-9186989d5ec0/52182067079_8f70680b10_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=5581%2C1242%2C2675%2C1510&w=400)
Demand for carbon offsets — from both consumers and companies — is higher than ever. Consumers like buying them to offset their own carbon footprints, and corporations rely he...
![2100 — How Might We Imagine the Future After Solving Climate Change?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc7e978dc-4bb5-4f02-aa88-1165b827dd8a/48145195231_0342405f64_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C45%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
If we imagine the future we want, instead of the future we fear, can we inspire action? It’s the year 2100. After a push in the early part of the century by students, grassr...