Duncan Brack
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Duncan Brack was Special Adviser to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne [1]from 2010 until Huhne's resignation in 2012. He is now a freelance researcher and an associate of the Green Alliance think tank. [2]
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Background
From 1995 to 2003, Brack was Senior Research Fellow then Head of the Sustainable Development Programme at the think-tank Chatham House (also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs). From 2003 to present, he has been in the Energy, Environment and Development Programme; first as Associate Fellow and more latterly in the role of Senior Research Fellow. His areas of expertise in this regard are listed on the Chatham House website as follows:
- International environmental crimes
- Illegal logging and the timber trade
- Ozone depletion and the Montreal Protocol
- International environmental regimes
- Trade and environment[3]
Special adviser to Chris Huhne
Upon his appointment as a special adviser to Chris Huhne, Brack stood down from his role on the Liberal Democrats' Federal Conference Committee (FCC) - but continued as a member of the Federal Policy Committee (FPC).
He stood down from this role in February 2012 shortly after Huhne resigned.
Brack is a former Director of Policy for the party.[4] He has also been a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Environment Select Committee and Environmental Audit Committee.
Lib Dem vote for nuclear power a 'chimera'
In September 2013 party members voted at the Lib Dem annual conference to accept nuclear power for the first time, albeit under the condition of no subsidies.
Brack however said the party's idea of allowing limited nuclear without subsidy is a "chimera" because it would be impossible.
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Contact, Resources, Notes
Notes
- ↑ Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Green Alliance, Duncan Brack, website, undated, accessed 25 April 2012
- ↑ Chatham House, "Duncan Brack", accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ Mark Pack, "Duncan Brack stands down as chair of Federal Conference Committee", Liberal Democrat Voice, 24.06.10, accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, Appointments taken up by former Crown servants, dated May 2012, published (tbc)
