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DESCRIPTION:This year's Victor Dzau and Ruth Cooper-Dzau Distinguished Lect
 ure in Global and Population Health will feature Mr. Ali Zaidi\, former Un
 ited States National Climate Advisor and renowned expert on global resilie
 nce and clean energy economy. His talk is titled:\n\nHarnessing Decarboniz
 ation and Resilience as Drivers of Global Public Health\n\n \n\nWHEN: Mond
 ay\, May 12\, 2025\, at 5:30 p.m.\n\nWHERE: Faculty Club Ballroom (3450 Mc
 Tavish) and online\n\n\n	Register to attend\n\n\nMeet our keynote speaker: 
 \n\nAli Zaidi\n\nAli Zaidi is an internationally renowned expert in climat
 e innovation and investment who served\, from 2022 to 2025\, as the United
  States National Climate Advisor and head of the White House Climate Polic
 y Office\, which coordinated policy development and the U.S. government’s 
 overall strategy on climate and clean energy. During his tenure\, Zaidi ad
 vanced pathbreaking efforts to improve public health outcomes by reducing 
 pollution and bolstering the resilience of communities and the U.S. health
  care sector. Most notably\, Zaidi helped design\, negotiate\, and impleme
 nt landmark legislation – the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\, the largest 
 investment in American infrastructure in a generation\, and Inflation Redu
 ction Act\, widely regarded as one of the most consequential efforts to ac
 celerate clean energy manufacturing and innovation anywhere in the world.
 \n\nBefore joining the Biden-Harris Administration\, Zaidi served as the s
 tate of New York’s Deputy Secretary for Energy and Environment and Chairma
 n of Climate Policy and Finance\, where he led the state's efforts on clim
 ate change. Zaidi also taught graduate courses on technology policy as an 
 adjunct professor at Stanford University and co-founded Lawyers for a Sust
 ainable Economy\, a Stanford-coordinated initiative that equips sustainabi
 lity-focused startups with pro bono legal services.\n\nOver the course of 
 his career\, Zaidi has advised non-profits\, including as a Trustee of the
  Natural Resources Defense Council\, and counseled the private sector\, as
  an attorney who helped launch a sustainable investment practice focused o
 n fund formation\, M&A\, and governance in the climate and clean energy ar
 ena. Zaidi received an A.B. from Harvard University and J.D. from Georgeto
 wn University.\n\nFollow Ali Zaidi on Twitter\n
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LOCATION:Ballroom\, Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450 rue 
 McTavish
SUMMARY:Dzau Distinguished Lecture in Global and Population Health - Ali Za
 idi: Harnessing Decarbonization and Resilience as Drivers of Global Public
  Health 
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