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Video Highlights from 2009 Aspen Environment Forum
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson opens the Aspen Environment Forum with a keynote address from the Sundeck atop Aspen Mountain.
Big Ideas From the Forum Opening Reception
Featuring Daniel Nocera, Sarah Darby, Roland Stulz, M. Sanjayan, Minister Alcinda Antonio de Abreu and Jil Zilligen.Big Dreams From the Closing Reception:
Featuring Elliot Laws, Crystal Durham, Chip Ransler, David Keith, Sheila Kennedy, Nia Robinson, Nick Nichols and Craig Sieben.On a panel examining How much time we have to act on climate change, Susan Joy Hassol on the messaging challenges of climate change:
Will people listen if we tell them scientists are scared?
Jim Ball on why he's hopeful and motivated:
Alcinda Antonio de Abreu, Minister for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs in Mozambique, discusses the impacts -- especially on women and girls -- of climate change.
In a lively panel on the relationship between poverty alleviation and conservation, Nature Conservancy lead scientist M. Sanjayan outlines the true challenge facing conservationists:
Sanjayan later sparred with Conservation International's Michael Totten over an extinction threat, and cut through to a bigger issue about conservation:
An audience member asks the question which captured a lot of interest from others, "what will we do?"
"The New Oil: Energy Demand and Water featuring Vijay Vaitheeswaran of the Economist, David Harrison of The Nature Conservancy and Michael Totten of Conservation International.
Princeton professor Robert Socolow argues that any legislative solution to climate change must be judged by its real measurable impact:
In the same discussion, Washington Post reporter Juliet Eilperin sees a more activist EPA in the Obama Administration than ever before:
In a wide-ranging conversation, newly-confirmed NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco discussed her vision for a climate service to forecast changes in climate the way the weather service now provides weather forecasts.
Later, Lubchenco discussed the relationship between climate change and the increasing frequency of extreme precipitation events "in a climate changed world."
Futurist author James Howard Kunstler discussed his new book -- and whatever else occurred to him -- in a wide-ranging conversation with Elvis Mitchell. This session is only available as an audio podcast.
Pricing Energy: From Shock to Trance" featuring Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers and environmentalist Randy Udall.
Environmental Advocate Randy Udall and Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers have a lively exchange about the future of energy production:
"Getting Green Done: Strategies for the Green Economy," featuring Wal-Mart Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director Miranda Anderson, advocate Elliott Laws, General Motors Vice President for Environment and Energy Policy Elizabeth Lowery, Aspen Ski Company Community and Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Auden Schendler.
Miranda Anderson on Wal-Mart's transformation:
Auden Schendler on Aspen Ski Company's approach:
More from Schendler:
Anderson on marketing products sustainably:
Full session video:
Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Program, moderates a discussion featuring Lindblad Expeditions President and Founder Sven Lindblad, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, Climate Communications Director Susan Joy Hassol, Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, author Charles Wohlforth, Shell Oil Vice President for Corporate Support, Exploration and Production in the Americas Elizabeth Cheney, Ecologic Institute Director Andreas Kraemer, and University of Alaska Chancellor Fran Ulmer.