What is Ali Zaidi (lawyer)?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Ali Zaidi | image = Ali Zaidi, Deputy National Climate Advisor.jpg | office = 2nd [[White House National Climate Advisor]] | president = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start = September 16, 2022 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Gina McCarthy]] | successor = | office2 = 1st [[White House National Climate Advisor|White House Deputy National Climate Advisor]] | term_start2 = January 20, 2021 | term_end2 = September 16, 2022 | president2 = Joe Biden | predecessor2 = ''Position established'' | successor2 = [[To be announced|TBD]] | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|32|2020|12|29}} | birth_place = [[Pakistan]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Ali A. Zaidi''' (born 1987/1988)<ref name=eca>{{cite web |date=December 29, 2019 |title=Ali A. Zaidi – Deputy National Climate Advisor |url=https://ecamass.org/ali-a-zaidi-deputy-national-climate-advisor |access-date=September 5, 2022 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329161600/https://ecamass.org/ali-a-zaidi-deputy-national-climate-advisor/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Pakistani-American lawyer and politician who is the 2nd [[White House National Climate Advisor]] since 2022. He was the first [[White House National Climate Advisor|White House Deputy National Climate Advisor]]. He was the New York deputy secretary for energy and environment. In September 2022, President [[Joe Biden]] announced that Zaidi would replace [[Gina McCarthy]] as [[White House National Climate Advisor]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Biden’s top climate adviser Gina McCarthy to step down | first = Aime | last = Williams | url = https://www.ft.com/content/7be48