In-conversation with Alex White, Chair of the IIEA’s Energy Group, Alice C. Hill explores and outlines her core arguments made in her latest book, The Fight for Climate After COVID-19, in which she argues the global response to COVID-19 can serve as a lesson for the urgency and scale of the response required to avert climate disaster. She also offers her analysis on the outcome of COP26 and shares her views on the Biden Administration’s approach to climate action.

About the Speaker:

Alice C. Hill is the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Her work at CFR focuses on the risks, consequences, and responses associated with climate change. She previously served as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Resilience Policy on the National Security Council, where she led the development of national policy to build resilience to catastrophic risks, including climate change and biological threats. Prior to this, she served as Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security, where she led the formulation of Department's first-ever climate adaptation plan and the development of strategic plans regarding catastrophic biological and chemical threats, including pandemics. She is co-author of Building a Resilient Tomorrow (2019) and author of The Fight for Climate After COVID-19 (2021).