#  Joe Aldy 

 



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Joe Aldy is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research focuses on climate change policy, energy policy, and regulatory policy. He is a currently a University Fellow at Resources for the Future, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also the Faculty Chair for the Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.

In 2009-2010, Aldy served as the Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, reporting through both the National Economic Council and the Office of Energy and Climate Change at the White House. Aldy was a Fellow at Resources for the Future from 2005 to 2008 and served on the staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 2000. He also served as the Co-Director of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, Co-Director of the International Energy Workshop, and Treasurer for the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists before joining the Obama Administration.

He holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University, a Master of Environmental Management degree from the Nicholas School of the Environment, and a BA from Duke University.



 

##  Affiliations 

 



 [Resources for the Future chevron\_right](http://www.rff.org/Researchers/Pages/ResearchersBio.aspx?ResearcherID=3&Type=DP) [National Bureau of Economic Research chevron\_right](http://www.nber.org/people/joseph_aldy) [Center for Strategic and International Studies chevron\_right](http://www.csis.org/expert/joseph-aldy) [Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government chevron\_right](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg) [Harvard Project on Climate Agreements chevron\_right](http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/56/harvard_project_on_climate_agreements.html) [Harvard Environmental Economics Program chevron\_right](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/heep/) [Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University chevron\_right](https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/)