Alan S. Miller is a climate change and global environmental expert with more than 30 years experience. Until his retirement in December 2013, he was the Principal Climate Change Specialist at the International Finance Corporation, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank Group, where his general responsibility was climate change policy and analysis. Prior to joining the IFC in October 2003, Miller was the team leader for Climate Change at the Global Environment Facility where he set policy for financing clean-energy projects in developing countries. He is a widely published author on climate change, energy, and development, including a leading environmental law textbook. His degrees are from Cornell University (A.B., Government 1971) and University of Michigan (J.D. and M.P.P. 1974). He was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia in 1977 and in Japan in 1987.