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Alice C. Hill

David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment

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How Climate Change Threatens Democracy

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The Age of Climate Disaster Is Here

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Alice Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her work at CFR focuses on the risks, consequences, and responses associated with climate change. Hill’s experience spans service in the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, the California judiciary, and the Department of Justice.  

During the Obama administration, Hill served as special assistant to the President and senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council where she developed national policy to build resilience to catastrophic risks. Prior to joining the White House, Hill served as senior counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She led creation of both the department’s first-ever climate adaptation plan and the internationally recognized anti-human trafficking initiative, the Blue Campaign. 

Hill is the author of The Fight for Climate After COVID-19 and co-author of Building a Resilient Tomorrow. Numerous publications have featured her work, including Axios, CNN, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Nature, Lawfare, and US News and World Reports. Yale University and the Op-Ed Project awarded her the Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis. She has made numerous TV and radio appearances as a climate expert, including on CBS, NBC, NPR, MSNBC, PBS Newshour, and the Washington Post.

Earlier in her career, Hill served as supervising judge on both the superior and municipal courts in Los Angeles and as chief of the white-collar crime prosecution unit in the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s office.

Hill serves on the boards of Munich Re North America and the Environmental Defense Fund. She also serves on the advisory boards of the Center for Climate and Security, Climate Crisis Advisory Group, Insurance for Good, International Military Council on Climate and Security, One Concern, National Park Conservation Association, Project CASA, and University of Washington Climate Risk Lab. 

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    President Trump’s NOAA cuts will significantly hamper the public’s understanding of the environment and weather forecasting, negatively affecting people in the United States and abroad.

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    Climate Change Is Affecting the Economy. But Proving So Is a Challenge.

    Several studies have attempted to model the effects of climate change on the economy, with varying results. But one fact remains certain: The costs of climate change will hit emerging markets and developing countries the hardest.

    by Alice C. Hill and Priyanka Mahat May 13, 2025 Energy Security and Climate Change Program

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    The United States' historical approach to climate change is failing. American clean technology industries lag dangerously behind their international competitors, threatening U.S. geopolitical and economic influence, and climate change is on track to exceed internationally agreed targets, endangering U.S. national security. CFR’s new Climate Realism Initiative, led by Senior Fellow Varun Sivaram, will chart a fundamentally new course for U.S. climate and energy policy—one that is both realistic in its assessment of the world's climate trajectory fueled by rising emissions outside U.S. borders and realist in its expectation that the United States and other countries will work to advance their own interests in the emerging energy transition. The launch event will bring together leading experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to examine how the United States can prepare for the geopolitical and security consequences of accelerating climate change, build globally competitive and innovative American clean technology industries, and pursue novel approaches—from coordinating strategic trade actions to exploring geoengineering—to prevent the most catastrophic potential climate impacts from endangering U.S. interests. Click here to view the full agenda. If you wish to attend virtually, log-in information and instructions on how to participate during question-and-answer portions will be provided the evening before the event to those who register. Please note the audio, video, and transcript of this event will be posted on the CFR website. The Climate Realism Initiative Launch is made possible by the generous support of the ClimateWorks Foundation. Members may bring a guest to this event.

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