Amy Myers Jaffe
She is the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. For the past several years, Jaffe has served as Executive Director for Energy and Sustainability at the University of California Davis. She is associate editor (North America) for the academic journal Energy Strategy Reviews and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Economics and Energy and Environmental policy. She recently co-edited a Special Issue of Energy Policy on Natural Gas in Transportation.
Prior to joining UC Davis, Jaffe served as founding director of the Baker Institute Energy Forum (now called the Center for Energy Studies) and Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. A frequent media commentator and former journalist, Jaffe's research focuses on oil and natural gas geopolitics, corporate investment strategies in the energy sector, sustainability and energy, and energy economics. She was formerly senior editor and Middle East analyst for Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. Jaffe is widely published, including as co-author of "Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises: The Global Curse of Black Gold" with Mahmoud El-Gamal and co-editor of "Natural Gas and Geopolitics From 1970 to 2040."
As an energy consultant, Jaffe is a frequent keynote speaker at major energy industry and investment conferences and at board meetings of financial firms, energy companies, and environmental NGOs. Jaffe is chair of the Future of Oil and Gas at the World Economic Forum (Davos) and a member of the U.S. National Petroleum Council. She currently serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a widely quoted commentator on oil, energy policy, and sustainability in the international media, appearing regularly on a variety of television and print media, including CNN, PBS The News Hour, Fox, Al-Jazeera, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Economist Magazine. Her writings have been featured by the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones International, and Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. She has a regular blog on energy matters at the Houston Chronicle and contributes on energy and climate to the Wall Street Journal's The Experts.
Jaffe was awarded the Senior Fellow Award from the U.S. Association for Energy Economics in 2015 for her career contribution to the organization and to the field of energy economics. The Baker Institute Energy Forum, which she was the founding director for 17 years, received the prestigious Adelman-Frankel award for its unique and innovative contribution to the field of energy economics. Jaffe was honoree to Esquire's 100 Best and Brightest Award for Contribution to Society in 2005 and Elle Magazine's Women for the Environment (2006).
Research Fields
Corporate Investment Strategies in the Energy Sector; Sustainability and Risk in the Energy Sector; US Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas' Challenge to OPEC; Global Climate Policy and Energy Investing; Peak Oil Demand and Stranded Assets; Renewable Natural Gas and Biofuels. California Refining and Sustainable Fuels. The Oil Price Cycle. Oil and Natural Gas Geopolitics; Strategic Energy Policy.
Current Research Projects
Corporate Investment Strategies in the Energy Sector; The Role of Unconventional Oil and Gas in Geopolitics; The Potential of Renewable Natural Gas As A Low Carbon Fuel. Oil and US Foreign Policy; Peak Oil Demand and Stranded Assets Risk. Inventories and Oil Market Structure. California Refining and Sustainable Fuels. Climate Change Risk and Energy Infrastructure; Climate Change Risk Impact on Real Assets Investing.
Education
Princeton University (1980) Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies and Arabic
Teaching
UC Davis GSM Management 290 (Summer). Sustainable Business Ventures. The upheaval in the global oil market over the last half decade has been unprecedented. Rising fuel costs and volatility of the oil market can have negative impacts on venture profitability, if firms do not have strategies to deal with such risks. Global climate change and sustainability is another challenge that is increasingly impacting businesses. Energy sustainability as a business goal extends beyond "green" products but encompasses a set of complex values that can be expressed in a multitude of ways. Sustainable development broadly defined ensures that economic and social activity can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Governments, businesses, civil society and individuals all have a role in promoting sustainability.
This course will introduce students to the inner workings of the oil and gas industry and the geopolitical and economic influences that affect energy pricing and the associated environmental externalities of the oil and gas business. Students will learn about the various strategies, tools, and financial products that are available to help business managers reduce their business' exposure to fuel price risks and to address carbon emissions limitations. Topics will include case studies on corporate responses to the potential "carbon bubble"; sustainability metrics; gyrating jet fuel prices and integrating energy efficiency and renewable energy into fuel strategies.
Yale School of Forestry and Environment. Business and Energy Markets, Prices and Sustainability The upheaval in the global oil market over the last half decade has been unprecedented. Rising fuel costs and volatility of the oil market can have negative impacts on venture profitability, if firms do not have strategies to deal with such risks. Global climate change and sustainability is another challenge that is increasingly impacting businesses. Energy sustainability as a business goal extends beyond "green" products but encompasses a set of complex values that can be expressed in a multitude of ways. Sustainable development broadly defined ensures that economic and social activity can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Governments, businesses, civil society and individuals all have a role in promoting sustainability.
This course will introduce students to the inner workings of the oil and gas industry and the geopolitical and economic influences that affect energy pricing and the associated environmental externalities of the oil and gas business. Students will learn about the various strategies, tools, and financial products that are available to help business managers reduce their business' exposure to fuel price risks and to address carbon emissions limitations. Topics will include case studies on corporate responses to the potential "carbon bubble"; gyrating jet fuel prices and integrating energy efficiency and renewable energy into fuel strategies.
Yale School of Forestry and Environment. Emerging Issues in US Energy Policy Energy has long been a major factor in the formulation of national security, foreign policy and domestic economic strategies as well as a driving force in the exercise of national power and general international discourse. Oil is frequently linked to war, civil and ethnic violence, terrorism, environmental damage and social justice, and climate change. As new energy sources emerge in the United States and pressures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensify, large energy consuming countries like the United States are struggling to improve their national energy policy in the broader context of international relations and domestic economic policy.
This course will look in depth at how energy security challenges have evolved since the 1970s oil crises and consider the elements to creating a successful US national energy strategic plan that is comprehensive and takes into account changing geopolitical and technological trends such as the advancement of solar and other forms of alternative energy, the shale oil and gas revolution, the use of an "energy weapon" in international discourse and the Arab Spring.
UC Davis GSM Management. Sustainable Venturing. Sustainability as a business goal extends beyond "green" production and encompasses a set of complex values that can be expressed in a multitude of ways. Sustainable development broadly defined insures that economic and social activity can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Governments, businesses, civil society and individuals all have a role in promoting sustainability.
This course will introduce students to sustainability goals, indicators, values, measurement techniques and practices in how it applies to large and small enterprises. Students explore the connections between energy, environmental justice and poverty and the implications for sustainability, the role of technology, policy and business. Through this prism we will investigate opportunities in energy and sustainability venturing.
UC Davis GSM Management. Sustainable Business Ventures: Energy 2, Markets and Prices. The upheaval in the global oil market over the last half decade has been unprecedented. Rising fuel costs and volatility of the oil market can have negative impacts on venture profitability, if firms do not have strategies to deal with such risks. According to a 2012 survey by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, 41 percent of small businesses report that they had altered hiring plans and 22 percent report reducing employee hours due to high energy costs. Even for many larger businesses, fuel price costs can be a major determinant in cash flow conditions, providing an incentive to hedge commodity price risk.
This course will introduce students to the forces - both geopolitical and economic-- that influence energy pricing in the short and medium term and investigate the tools and strategies that exist to reduce exposure to that risk. Students will gain an understanding of how to assess the factors that make up the building blocks for oil price forecasting and to evaluate differences among various publicly available forecasts. This course will also familiarize students with the terminology and operation of various strategies, tools and financial products that are available to help business managers reduce their business's exposure to fuel price risks.
She is the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. For the past several years, Jaffe has served as Executive Director for Energy and Sustainability at the University of California Davis. She is associate editor (North America) for the academic journal Energy Strategy Reviews and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Economics and Energy and Environmental policy. She recently co-edited a Special Issue of Energy Policy on Natural Gas in Transportation.
Prior to joining UC Davis, Jaffe served as founding director of the Baker Institute Energy Forum (now called the Center for Energy Studies) and Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. A frequent media commentator and former journalist, Jaffe's research focuses on oil and natural gas geopolitics, corporate investment strategies in the energy sector, sustainability and energy, and energy economics. She was formerly senior editor and Middle East analyst for Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. Jaffe is widely published, including as co-author of "Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises: The Global Curse of Black Gold" with Mahmoud El-Gamal and co-editor of "Natural Gas and Geopolitics From 1970 to 2040."
As an energy consultant, Jaffe is a frequent keynote speaker at major energy industry and investment conferences and at board meetings of financial firms, energy companies, and environmental NGOs. Jaffe is chair of the Future of Oil and Gas at the World Economic Forum (Davos) and a member of the U.S. National Petroleum Council. She currently serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a widely quoted commentator on oil, energy policy, and sustainability in the international media, appearing regularly on a variety of television and print media, including CNN, PBS The News Hour, Fox, Al-Jazeera, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Economist Magazine. Her writings have been featured by the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones International, and Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. She has a regular blog on energy matters at the Houston Chronicle and contributes on energy and climate to the Wall Street Journal's The Experts.
Jaffe was awarded the Senior Fellow Award from the U.S. Association for Energy Economics in 2015 for her career contribution to the organization and to the field of energy economics. The Baker Institute Energy Forum, which she was the founding director for 17 years, received the prestigious Adelman-Frankel award for its unique and innovative contribution to the field of energy economics. Jaffe was honoree to Esquire's 100 Best and Brightest Award for Contribution to Society in 2005 and Elle Magazine's Women for the Environment (2006).
Research Fields
Corporate Investment Strategies in the Energy Sector; Sustainability and Risk in the Energy Sector; US Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas' Challenge to OPEC; Global Climate Policy and Energy Investing; Peak Oil Demand and Stranded Assets; Renewable Natural Gas and Biofuels. California Refining and Sustainable Fuels. The Oil Price Cycle. Oil and Natural Gas Geopolitics; Strategic Energy Policy.
Current Research Projects
Corporate Investment Strategies in the Energy Sector; The Role of Unconventional Oil and Gas in Geopolitics; The Potential of Renewable Natural Gas As A Low Carbon Fuel. Oil and US Foreign Policy; Peak Oil Demand and Stranded Assets Risk. Inventories and Oil Market Structure. California Refining and Sustainable Fuels. Climate Change Risk and Energy Infrastructure; Climate Change Risk Impact on Real Assets Investing.
Education
Princeton University (1980) Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies and Arabic
Teaching
UC Davis GSM Management 290 (Summer). Sustainable Business Ventures. The upheaval in the global oil market over the last half decade has been unprecedented. Rising fuel costs and volatility of the oil market can have negative impacts on venture profitability, if firms do not have strategies to deal with such risks. Global climate change and sustainability is another challenge that is increasingly impacting businesses. Energy sustainability as a business goal extends beyond "green" products but encompasses a set of complex values that can be expressed in a multitude of ways. Sustainable development broadly defined ensures that economic and social activity can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Governments, businesses, civil society and individuals all have a role in promoting sustainability.
This course will introduce students to the inner workings of the oil and gas industry and the geopolitical and economic influences that affect energy pricing and the associated environmental externalities of the oil and gas business. Students will learn about the various strategies, tools, and financial products that are available to help business managers reduce their business' exposure to fuel price risks and to address carbon emissions limitations. Topics will include case studies on corporate responses to the potential "carbon bubble"; sustainability metrics; gyrating jet fuel prices and integrating energy efficiency and renewable energy into fuel strategies.
Yale School of Forestry and Environment. Business and Energy Markets, Prices and Sustainability The upheaval in the global oil market over the last half decade has been unprecedented. Rising fuel costs and volatility of the oil market can have negative impacts on venture profitability, if firms do not have strategies to deal with such risks. Global climate change and sustainability is another challenge that is increasingly impacting businesses. Energy sustainability as a business goal extends beyond "green" products but encompasses a set of complex values that can be expressed in a multitude of ways. Sustainable development broadly defined ensures that economic and social activity can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Governments, businesses, civil society and individuals all have a role in promoting sustainability.
This course will introduce students to the inner workings of the oil and gas industry and the geopolitical and economic influences that affect energy pricing and the associated environmental externalities of the oil and gas business. Students will learn about the various strategies, tools, and financial products that are available to help business managers reduce their business' exposure to fuel price risks and to address carbon emissions limitations. Topics will include case studies on corporate responses to the potential "carbon bubble"; gyrating jet fuel prices and integrating energy efficiency and renewable energy into fuel strategies.
Yale School of Forestry and Environment. Emerging Issues in US Energy Policy Energy has long been a major factor in the formulation of national security, foreign policy and domestic economic strategies as well as a driving force in the exercise of national power and general international discourse. Oil is frequently linked to war, civil and ethnic violence, terrorism, environmental damage and social justice, and climate change. As new energy sources emerge in the United States and pressures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensify, large energy consuming countries like the United States are struggling to improve their national energy policy in the broader context of international relations and domestic economic policy.
This course will look in depth at how energy security challenges have evolved since the 1970s oil crises and consider the elements to creating a successful US national energy strategic plan that is comprehensive and takes into account changing geopolitical and technological trends such as the advancement of solar and other forms of alternative energy, the shale oil and gas revolution, the use of an "energy weapon" in international discourse and the Arab Spring.
UC Davis GSM Management. Sustainable Venturing. Sustainability as a business goal extends beyond "green" production and encompasses a set of complex values that can be expressed in a multitude of ways. Sustainable development broadly defined insures that economic and social activity can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Governments, businesses, civil society and individuals all have a role in promoting sustainability.
This course will introduce students to sustainability goals, indicators, values, measurement techniques and practices in how it applies to large and small enterprises. Students explore the connections between energy, environmental justice and poverty and the implications for sustainability, the role of technology, policy and business. Through this prism we will investigate opportunities in energy and sustainability venturing.
UC Davis GSM Management. Sustainable Business Ventures: Energy 2, Markets and Prices. The upheaval in the global oil market over the last half decade has been unprecedented. Rising fuel costs and volatility of the oil market can have negative impacts on venture profitability, if firms do not have strategies to deal with such risks. According to a 2012 survey by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, 41 percent of small businesses report that they had altered hiring plans and 22 percent report reducing employee hours due to high energy costs. Even for many larger businesses, fuel price costs can be a major determinant in cash flow conditions, providing an incentive to hedge commodity price risk.
This course will introduce students to the forces - both geopolitical and economic-- that influence energy pricing in the short and medium term and investigate the tools and strategies that exist to reduce exposure to that risk. Students will gain an understanding of how to assess the factors that make up the building blocks for oil price forecasting and to evaluate differences among various publicly available forecasts. This course will also familiarize students with the terminology and operation of various strategies, tools and financial products that are available to help business managers reduce their business's exposure to fuel price risks.
Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises
Natural Gas and Geopolitics
Energy in the Caspian Region
