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Pakistani-American Ali Zaidi named in Biden’s climate team

December 18, 2020 06:54 PM


US President-elect Joe Biden announced appointments of key members of his climate team, which included Pakistan-born Ali Zaidi who will serve as deputy White House Climate Coordinator.

Zaidi, 33, currently New York’s deputy secretary for energy and environment, is the highest-ranking Pakistani-American in the Biden administration. He will work under Gina McCarthy, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under former President Barack Obama and now leads a major advocacy group, to coordinate the new administration’s domestic climate agenda.

In a tweet, Zaidi said “We need a whole-of-government approach to take on the climate crisis — in a way that spurs jobs and advances justice. I was floored when President-elect @JoeBiden called. I still am — profoundly humbled, deeply honored, and so ready to get to work!”

https://twitter.com/ali_a_zaidi/status/1339734308723040257

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1339745949237665792

“This brilliant, tested, trailblazing team will be ready on day one to confront the existential threat of climate change with a unified national response rooted in science and equity. They share my belief that we have no time to waste to confront the climate crisis, protect our air and drinking water, and deliver justice to communities that have long shouldered the burdens of environmental harms,” Biden said in a statement.

A press release issued by Biden’s transition team described Zaidi as “a leading climate expert and longtime advisor to the president-elect,” noting that he helped draft and implement the Obama-Biden Administration’s Climate Action Plan and negotiate the Paris Climate Agreement.

Zaidi, who emigrated from Pakistan, grew up in the Rust Belt outside Erie, Pennsylvania. He studied at Harvard and Georgetown Universities.

“Zaidi brings the cross-sector and multi-disciplinary experience needed to deliver a whole-of-government response to the climate crisis,” the press release said.

Biden has given some key jobs to Americans of Indian origin, including Neera Tanden, who will be director of the Office of Management and Budget and Vivek Murthy, his nominee for surgeon general.

Vice President Kamala Harris , a daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, is the highest-ranking woman in America’s 244-year existence.



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