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A Pakistani American has been nominated as the Deputy Adviser on the US’s Domestic Climate Change Policy.
The decision was made by the incoming US President Joe Biden. Newly nominated Ali Zaidi is a Harvard graduate and has been serving as Deputy Secretary of Climate Policy to the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo. He is also the Chairman of Climate Policy and Finance for New York.
Previously, 33-year-old Ali Zaidi held different key climate-related roles in the Obama White House, including the Associate Director for Natural Resources at the Office of Management and Budget Associate Director.
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Zaid has also worked in the Energy Department and on the Domestic Policy Council under the Obama administration. Besides, he also advised the presidential campaign of Democrat Party’s Beto O’Rourke.
