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]
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 crime
- Illegal logging and the timber trade
- Ozone depletion and the Montreal Protocol
- International environmental regimes
- Trade and environment[3]
Upon his appointment as a special adviser to Huhne, Brack stood down from his role on the Liberal Democrats' Federal Conference Committee (FCC) - but continues as a member of the Federal Policy Committee (FPC). 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.
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
