The deputy White House climate advisor discussed how the Biden administration will tackle climate change during one of the administration s first speaking engagements on climate change this year in a webinar hosted by the Student Climate Conference at Harvard.
The event, entitled âClimate Action in Bidenâs First 100 Days,â included opening remarks from Ali A. Zaidi â08, the deputy White House national climate advisor, and a panel with Jacqueline Patterson, the senior director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, and Alex OâKeefe, the creative director at the Sunrise Movement. Los Angeles Times journalist Rosanna Xia moderated the discussions.
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The National Climate Task Force was created as part of a series of executive actions President Biden signed during his first week of office.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
Published Feb. 11, 2021Updated March 2, 2021
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Pakistan-born Ali Zaidi appointed White House climate advisor
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A file photo of Ali A Zaidi.
United States President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Pakistan-born Ali A Zaidi as the White House s Deputy National Climate Advisor.
A statement issued on Biden-Harris Transition website said Zaidi will be part of the team that advances the president-elect s agenda leading the world to confront the climate crisis creating good-paying jobs, building resilient communities, and making historic investments in environmental justice .
With this appointment, Zaidi is the highest-ranking Pakistani-origin White House official under the Biden-Harris government so far.
Taking to Twitter, Zaidi said he was profoundly humbled and deeply honoured to be working with the Biden administration. We need a whole-of-government approach to take on the climate crisis in a way that spurs jobs and advances justice.