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        Michael Lazarus

        Center Director

      • Role(s): Co-leader, SEI Initiative on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
      • Expertise: energy and international Climate change policy
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      Michael Lazarus is a Senior Scientist and centre director of SEI US based in Seattle.

      Michael’s research addresses climate change mitigation policy at local, national, and international levels. His current work ranges from carbon market design to the integration of national energy and climate policies. He designed and co-leads the SEI Initiative on fossil fuels and climate change.

      Michael has over 25 years of professional experience in energy and environmental analysis and capacity building. He has worked throughout North America, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe with support from government agencies, development banks, foundations, utilities and non-profit groups.

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      Michael Lazarus

      Q&A: Michael Lazarus on taking the helm of SEI’s U.S. Center

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      • 25 February 2015

      Publications by Michael Lazarus

      • Stockholm+50: unlocking a better future
      • Six insights on investing for net zero
      • What does it take to achieve net zero? Opportunities and barriers in the steel, cement, agriculture, and oil and gas sectors
      • The Production Gap Report 2021
      • Tapping the potential of NDCs and LT-LEDS to address fossil fuel production
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      Perspectives by Michael Lazarus

      • The Paris Agreement Five Years On: It’s time to realize a just transition away from fossil fuels
      • On oil imports and climate leadership: new thoughts on California oil
      • Five ways the Paris Agreement can address oversupply of fossil fuels
      • Closing the gap between Paris goals and fossil fuel production
      • Nailing down the numbers on impacts of oil and gas subsidy reform
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      Featured stories with Michael Lazarus

      • The Paris Agreement five years on
      • Black Lives Matter
      • Black Lives Matter
      • Cómo los subsidios a los combustibles fósiles bloquean los objetivos del Acuerdo de París
      • How fossil fuel subsidies impede Paris Agreement goals
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      Projects and tools with Michael Lazarus

      • Energy Policy Tracker
      • Iniciativa SEI sobre Carbon Lock-In o bloqueo de carbono
      • SEI Initiative on Carbon Lock-In
      • Fossil fuel production: ending subsidies and enacting constraints
      • SEI Initiative on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
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