An expert on the environment, the politics of climate change, innovation for sustainability, international trade and China, Bernice is a member of the UK Global Resource Initiative Task Force, the UK Climate Change Committee’s International Advisory Group and the Energy Foundation China Board. 

Bernice has previously been Director of Climate Change and Resource Security Initiatives at the World Economic Forum, Research Director for Energy, Environment and Resources at Chatham House and Team Leader of the EU–China Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security Project.