President Biden has made another addition to his climate team, a move that bolsters the record number of scientists working at the White House. Philip Duffy — a physicist who has worked on climate issues for decades, including as a senior policy analyst under President Obama — returned last week to the Office of Science and Technology Policy. This time, Duffy has the nondescript title of “climate science adviser.” But it’s a role Biden aides say will be critical in the lead up to this fall’s United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, where the U.S. hopes to retake international leadership on climate. Most recently, Duffy was executive director of the Woodwell Climate Research Center. Before that, he served as an adviser at the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the government’s climate research arm.
展开▼
