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UChicago at Aspen Ideas: Climate

UChicago at Aspen Ideas: Climate 2026

The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth will return as the official academic thought partner for Aspen Ideas: Climate for its second year, which will take place in Chicago on July 20-22, 2026.

Speakers

2025 Participants

Erin Burns

Executive Director, Carbon180

Juliet Eilperin

Deputy Climate and Environment Editor, The Washington Post

Jane Flegal

Executive Director, Blue Horizons Foundation
Scholar

Michael Greenstone

Founding Director, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth; Director, EPIC

Zeke Hausfather

Climate Research Lead, Stripe; Breakthrough Senior Fellow, The Breakthrough Institute

Carl Hoiland

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zanskar
CSEI Scholar

David Keith

Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering initiative; Professor of Geophysical Science
ETI Scholar

Y. Shirley Meng

Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Founding Faculty Director, Energy Technologies Initiative

Rob Meyer

Founding Executive Editor, Heatmap

Jeff Navin

Co-Founder and Partner, Boundary Stone Partners

Avra van der Zee

COO, Elemental Excelerator

Rama Variankaval

Global Head of Corporate Advisory, J.P. Morgan

Michael Webber

John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering Sid Richardson Chair, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin

Ali Zaidi

Former Assistant to President Biden and White House National Climate Advisor