华盛顿（2021年1月27日）—World Resources Institute is pleased to announce theappointmentof two staff by the Biden-Harris administration to leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Energy. Andrew Light was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of International Affairs and Jennifer Wilcox was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) in the Office of Fossil Energy (FE).

“We are delighted that these two highly respected experts have joined the Biden-Harris administration to drive forward important work on climate and energy policy,” saidAndrew Steer, President and CEO, WRI. “During their time with WRI, Andrew and Jennifer made major contributions to clean energy, carbon removal and international climate negotiations. We know that these remarkable individuals will continue to play a transformative role as once again the United States becomes a leader on climate change within and beyond its borders.”

在他的新职位上，Light将领导DOE的国际事务办公室，监督所有双边和多边能源合作。他将专注于建立一系列新的合作伙伴关系，以确保全球清洁能源开发和部署的途径，从而在家里创造良好的工作和更多有弹性的社区。

Light will leverage his experience at WRI as a Distinguished Senior Fellow in the Global Climate program where he worked on a variety of U.S. and global climate topics and renewable energy strategies. Most of his work involved leading WRI’s high-level U.S.-China, U.S.-India, and U.S.-E.U. dialogues on climate and clean energy, which kept the door open on these topics during the darkest days of U.S. international engagement on climate action abroad. He also oversaw major media operations on the dire consequences of the U.S. leaving the Paris Agreement, and an attempt by the Trump White House to suppress the release of the 20184th U.S. National Climate Assessment，他也曾担任作者。在WRI期间，他合着了许多出版物和博客。

他还将离开他在乔治·梅森大学（George Mason University）的大学教授的职位。在奥巴马政府期间，他担任美国国务院气候变化的高级顾问和巴黎协定的谈判后，他将重返公共服务。必威官网是真的吗

In her new position, Wilcox’s portfolio at DOE will include oversight of research and development; programs in Clean Coal and Carbon Management, Oil and Natural Gas systems; international engagements in clean fossil energy; and inter-agency engagements within the U.S. government.

Wilcox will leverage her experience as a Senior Fellow with WRI’s U.S. Climate program where she spearheaded efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the industrial sector and technological CO2 removal solutions, such asdirect air captureand mineralization. She was the lead editor of the newly releasedCarbon Dioxide Removal Primerbook. Wilcox will also take a leave from her position as a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.

WRI’sbetway119is focused on addressing climate change, carbon dioxide removal, clean electricity, renewable energy and electric vehicles through policy innovation and stakeholder engagement.

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