Over three days, from Monday 9th May to Thursday 12th May , the Aspen Institute together with City of Miami, brought action to climate change discussions at the first Aspen IDEAS: Climate with hundreds of scientists, policymakers, activists and business leaders.

“Is anything worse for the environment than war? People can’t get away with that kind of behavior. And they cannot be financed and doing it by our dependence on fossil fuels.” House Speaker, Nancy Pelosie

Watch Recording: A conversation with our partner, The Aspen Institute Kyiv as they share their first-hand experience of what is at stake in Ukraine and explore the implications of the war on Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the World.

The Aspen Health Strategy Group explore the disconnect between correctional health and community-based structures of care, the intertwined relationship between incarceration and behavioural health, the influence of structural racism, and the community health impacts of incarceration, with many relevant lessons for New Zealand.

Welcome to the April edition of ‘The Lookout’, bringing you a global perspective on issues that matter. In this edition, we pay tribute to Secretary Madeleine Korbel Albright, former Trustee of the Aspen Institute and founder of the Aspen Ministers Forum (AMF).

As Russia’s war spills into cyberspace, there is a growing risk of large-scale cyber disruptions well beyond Ukraine. How did the digital world become so vulnerable to big shocks? What can be done to create resilience?

The Aspen Institute mourns the passing of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright. A diplomat, professor, author, and business leader, she was the first female US Secretary of State—an iconic fixture in American foreign policy circles with a truly essential voice. She leaves an enormous legacy as a longtime champion of the Aspen International partners in our role in promoting a free, just, and equitable society. Vale Madeleine.

In this edition we put the 'unintended consequences of autocracy' in-focus leading with a speech from the former Minister of Finance of Ukraine and Chair of Aspen Kyiv, calling for the global community to do more.

Stand With Ukraine.

In its work around the world, the Aspen Institute strives to promote a free, just, and equitable society. The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia threatens that vision and the values we hold dear.