Amy Myers Jaffe

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Leading Expert on Oil, Energy, and Sustainability

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$20,001 to $50,000
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Amy Myers Jaffe Speaker Biography

Leading Expert on Oil, Energy, and Sustainability

Amy Myers Jaffe is a leading expert on global energy policy, energy and sustainability, and geopolitical risk and author of “Energy’s Digital Future: Harnessing Innovation for American Resilience and National Security,” published by Columbia University Press in January 2021. Jaffe currently serves as Director of the Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab and a research professor at New York University’s School of Professional Studies. She is co-chair of the Women in Energy Initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and a faculty research affiliate at the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University.

Career

Jaffe has taught energy policy, business, and sustainability courses at New York University (NYU) Tufts University, Rice University, University of California, Davis and Yale University. She served as the senior advisor for energy and sustainability at the Office of the Chief Investment Officer (OCIO)of the UC Regents from 2014 to 2017, contributing to the design of the UC pension system’s sustainable investing framework and training the team of investors at the UC OCIO how to incorporate sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics into investment decision making across portfolio activities including public equities, fixed income securities, real assets investment, and real estate.

Media

Jaffe is a regular contributor to the popular podcast “The Energy Gang” and a frequent media commentator in television and print media, including the New York Times, Financial Times of London, and the Wall Street Journal. A prolific author, Jaffe holds a career prize in energy economics from the US Association for Energy Economics and also served as the organization’s President in 2020.

Books

Jaffe’s current research focuses on energy and social justice in the United States, digital technology innovation and energy, the financial and energy security risks of climate change, and global energy geopolitics and security. Her recent books include:

  • ENERGY’S DIGITAL FUTURE: HARNESSING INNOVATION FOR AMERICAN RESILIENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, JANUARY 2021
  • THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE RISK ON THE ENERGY SYSTEM, WITH JOSHUA BUSBY, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, 2019
  • OIL, DOLLARS, DEBT, AND CRISES: THE GLOBAL CURSE OF BLACK GOLD, WITH MAHMOUD EL-GAMAL, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, JANUARY 2010.
  • NATURAL GAS AND GEOPOLITICS FROM 1970 TO 2030. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, JUNE 2006

Energy Keynote Speaker

Ms. Jaffe has advised numerous organizations on climate risk strategy and scenarios analysis including Ceres, the investor advocacy network, and major Fortune 500 companies. She is frequently asked to testify on Capital Hill on matters related to US national security and US energy and climate change policy and has presented on climate change and energy to multiple governmental agencies such as the US National Intelligence Council, the European Central Bank, and numerous US state governments. She is a frequent contributor to the Aspen Institute Congressional program and the World Economic Forum where she most recently served on the Global Future Council on Net Zero Transition.

Amy Myers Jaffe Speaking Topics

THE ENERGY FUTURE: TRANSFORMATIONAL TRENDS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

NAVIGATING THE ENERGY MID-TRANSITION AMID GEOPOLITICAL TURMOIL

NET ZERO 2050: CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES

CLIMATE RISK AND ENERGY INVESTING: STRATEGIES FOR HIGH RETURN

ENERGY'S DIGITAL FUTURE: HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES WILL TRANSFORM HOW WE PRODUCE, TRANSPORT AND USE ENERGY

U.S. ENERGY POLICY

Amy Myers Jaffe Books

Energy’s Digital Future: Harnessing Innovation for American Resilience and National Security
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Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises
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Energy’s Digital Future: Harnessing Innovation for American Resilience and National Security
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Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises
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