Joel Kenrick

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Joel Kenrick is a former Special Adviser to the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne until his resignation in February 2012.[1] Kenrick is now a freelance climate consultant, and previously worked as a climate change policy adviser for the CBI. [2]

Background

Edinburgh-born Kenrick attended the United Word College of the Atlantic in south Wales before studying International Relations at the London School of Economics.[3]

As a student, Kenrick was involved in a variety of social and political activism. While at Atlantic College, he organised a protest at an RAF base in South Wales. Interviewed by the BBC, he commented: "We think that if America and Britain are serious about getting rid of weapons of mass destruction then they should start at home".[4] At LSE, Kenrick was a member of student environmental and anti-poverty organisation People and Planet: he ran the Edinburgh Marathon in 2007 to fundraise for the group.[5]

Kenrick was parliamentary researcher to Huhne while the latter was Shadow Environment and Home Secretary, and during the 2007 leadership election campaign. He went on to work as a climate change policy adviser at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).[6]

In 2009 he was granted an award by the Fulbright Commission to read for a Masters in Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.[7]

Contact, Resources, Notes

Contact

Twitter: http://twitter.com/joelkenrick

Notes

  1. Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
  2. Joel Kenrick, LinkedIn, accessed 25 April 2012
  3. Fulbright Commission, "Joel Kenrick", accessed 13.09.10
  4. BBC, "Peace protesters march on RAF base", 25.01.03, accessed 13.09.10
  5. People & Planet, "News", 24.05.07, accessed 13.09.10
  6. Fulbright Commission, "Joel Kenrick", accessed 13.09.10
  7. Fulbright Commission, "Joel Kenrick", accessed 13.09.10