Benedict McAleenan

Senior Adviser, Energy and Environment


Benedict McAleenan is a Senior Adviser to Policy Exchange’s Energy and Environment Unit. He is a public policy advisor with over 13 years’ experience advising on policy development, political risk and thought leadership in the Energy, FMCG, Manufacturing and Engineering sectors. His private sector clients have included National Grid, Centrica Energy, the Renewable Energy Association, Shell, Centrica, Sainsbury’s, Endurance Wind Power and Balfour Beatty.

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A Three-Pronged Attack

A Three-Pronged Attack

by | Oct 31, 2021

Read online or Download pdf Previous: Course Correction Next: The case for a carbon offsetting kitemark Dambisa Moyo makes the case for a new policy and market environment designed to unleash climate capital By Dr Dambisa Moyo  There is not a single room of policy...
Course Correction

Course Correction

by | Oct 29, 2021

Read online or Download pdf Next: A Three-Pronged Attack Environmental Policy increasingly reaches the heart of all policy areas, starting with questions of the global balance of power Editorial by Benedict McAleenan At some point in the last few years, environmental...
Environmental Affairs – Unleashing Climate Capital

Environmental Affairs – Unleashing Climate Capital

by | Oct 29, 2021

Unleashing Climate Capital Environmental Affairs is Policy Exchange’s quarterly journal, which explores the implications of the growing role of environmental policy. In this edition, Unleashing Climate Capital, our contributors consider policies promoting green...
Good moves in the Government’s Trees Action Plan

Good moves in the Government’s Trees Action Plan

by | May 21, 2021

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Capital Shift

Capital Shift

by | Mar 2, 2021

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