Joseph Aldy (2003)

Fellowship Year: 2003
Academic Background: Harvard University - Ph.D.
Current Position: Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment , National Economics Council
Joe Aldy is Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment at the White House. He reports through both the National Economic Council and the Office of Energy and Climate Change. Aldy is an assistant professor and currently on a public service leave of absence from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Previously, Aldy was a Fellow at Resources for the Future where his research focused on climate change policy, mortality risk valuation, and energy policy, and has been published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Review of Economics and Statistics, The Energy Journal, and other academic journals. He has co-edited two books: Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto Worldpublished in 2007 and Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement published in 2009, both by Cambridge University Press. Aldy served on the staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 2000 where he was responsible for climate change policy and other energy and environmental issues. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, a Master of Environmental Management degree from the Nicholas School of the Environment, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in water resources from Duke University.
Expertise: Business & Finance, Energy & Climate Change