Co-chairs Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Who we are About us Co-chairs Two Co-Chairs preside over the Climate and Clean Air Coalition Board and Annual Meeting. They are elected by country partners for staggered two-year terms. Image Image USA Rick DukeDeputy Presidential Envoy for Climate USA Rick Duke serves as a Senior Director and White House Liaison for Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.He was recently a consultant and Brookings senior fellow. He served as Special Assistant to President Obama, helping to craft and implement the Climate Action Plan, including defining the 2025 emissions reduction target for the Paris Agreement, spearheading an interagency push for the Kigali Amendment on HFCs to the Montreal Protocol, and authoring the U.S. Mid-Century Strategy for deep decarbonization.Previously, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Energy and worked at NRDC and McKinsey. He holds a Ph.D. from Princeton. Image Image BRAZIL Adalberto Maluf National Secretary of Urban Environment and Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil Adalberto holds a bachelor on International Affairs and an MSc in Internal Political Economy at the Institute of International Relations of University of Sao Paulo (IRI/USP).Adalberto was the Director of Government Affairs, Sustainability and Marketing for BYD Brasil (Build Your Dream) from 2014-2023. He also served as director and president to the board of ABVE (Brazilian Association of Electric Vehicles) from 2018-2023 and a member of the board of ABSOLAR (Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy) from 2018-2022 and ABGD (Brazilian Association of Distributed Generation) vice president of the board from 2019-2023.Prior to BYD, Adalberto worked for the City of Sao Paulo (2006-2007) and was the City Director for the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) in partnership with the C40 Cities between 2007 and 2014 in Sao Paulo.