Kitty Pollack

Assistant Director, Aspen Ideas: Climate & Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, Energy and Environment Program

Kitty Pollack is Assistant Director for Aspen Ideas: Climate & Senior Advisor to the Executive Director with the Energy and Environment program. In this role, she works on identifying and developing new projects and key strategic priorities across the program, and in doing so supports the leadership team in growing the program and its impact. In addition to this role, she works on the Climate and Environment team on a variety of key projects, including Aspen Ideas: Climate, wildfire resilience, its U.S.-India/China Track II Dialogues, carbon dioxide removal, and others.Prior to joining the Energy & Environment Program, Kitty worked with the Office of Institutional Advancement at the Aspen Institute. She also has worked at the Cape Eleuthera Island School in their Center for Sustainable Development and at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration in their Ocean Acidification Program. She graduated from Middlebury College with degrees in English and Environmental Policy.

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Looking Ahead to Combat Climate Change

Environmental leaders need to pursue a vision of the future, not just address mistakes of the past.

October 7, 2024

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10 Lessons in Crisis Management from COVID-19 to Climate Change

Staying within the Paris Climate Agreement’s 2℃ limit will require a large, coordinated action.

April 23, 2021

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5 Steps for Ocean Climate Action Across the Biden Administration

With more than 94 million Americans living near oceans and coasts, it is essential that the plan includes related risks and solutions.

April 22, 2021