Patrick ten Brink
Patrick ten Brink
Secretary General
European Environmental Bureau
Patrick was appointed EEB Secretary General on 1 July 2022.

Patrick represents the EEB and its member organisations vis-à-vis the EU institutions and in other relevant fora. He is a member of a range of high-level groups, including the Fit for Future Platform, Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform, the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, the Industrial Forum, the Chemicals Sustainability roundtable and the EU Biodiversity Platform.

At EEB, he has been particularly active on the European Green Deal, EU Presidency work, 8EAP, Better Regulation and green fiscal reform.

Before joining the EEB, Patrick was the Director of IEEP-Brussels and head of its Green Economy Programme; he has published widely, with books on environmental harmful subsidies, on the multiple values of nature and on voluntary environmental agreements, and articles on better regulation, the benefits of EU law, sustainable development, biodiversity policy, transport policy, marine litter, ecological tax reform, green economy, eco-industries and environmental employment, the costs of climate mitigation and EU enlargement.
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