Alan Miller is an internationally recognized authority on climate finance and policy. His clients include the United Nations Development Programme, US AID, and the World Bank. In January 2014 he retired after 16 years working on climate change issues for the World Bank Group (WBG) including 10 years for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector lending arm of the Bank, and 6 years at the Global Environment Facility (GEF). His responsibilities included representing the IFC/WBG in international forums focused on climate change and green growth including meetings of the UN Climate Convention and the G20. At the GEF he was the Climate Change Team Leader and was responsible for managing policies and approval of over $1 billion in donor funding for clean energy projects in more than 70 developing countries.

He previously created and directed the Center for Global Change at the University of Maryland and served on the staff of the World Resources Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. He is a lawyer and widely published author and contributor of chapters in multiple books and has taught courses at numerous universities.