Michael Lazarus
@mlazo.bsky.social
Climate policy wonk, reluctant social media user, emeritus senior scientist & former ED @ SEI-US, outdoors junkie, adjunct prof @ Univ of WA, aspiring newbie jazz pianist
COP28 president is wrong – science clearly shows fossil fuels must go (and fast). Great explainer from @st_pye https://theconversation.com/cop28-president-is-wrong-science-clearly-shows-fossil-fuels-must-go-and-fast-219128?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton via...
COP28 president is wrong – science clearly shows fossil f...
To avert climate breakdown, most of the world’s coal, oil...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
COP28 president is wrong – science clearly shows fossil fuels must go (and fast). Great explainer from @st_pye https://theconversation.com/cop28-president-is-wrong-science-clearly-shows-fossil-fuels-must-go-and-fast-219128?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton via...
Spread the word! Consider applying. SEI US is looking for a new Center Director. An amazing opportunity to lead a fun and brilliant group of highly-motivated colleagues working on cutting-edge climate, energy, water, and equity issues. ...
February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Spread the word! Consider applying. SEI US is looking for a new Center Director. An amazing opportunity to lead a fun and brilliant group of highly-motivated colleagues working on cutting-edge climate, energy, water, and equity issues. ...
With our relatively clean electricity, bold climate policies & federal-funding boost, could the Northwest US serve as proving ground for decarbonization and meaningful net-zero by 2050? Check out this terrific new @CETransition analysis 👇 http://nznw.org
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Net-Zero Northwest: Technical and Economic Pathways to 20...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
With our relatively clean electricity, bold climate policies & federal-funding boost, could the Northwest US serve as proving ground for decarbonization and meaningful net-zero by 2050? Check out this terrific new @CETransition analysis 👇 http://nznw.org
Great read on how moving rapidly away from fossil fuel can better address distributional consequences and why it must. @naznishu @ZShawoo @cleoverk @harrovanasselt https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-dimensions-anti-fossil-fuel-norms/ @SEIresearch
The equity dimensions of anti-fossil fuel norms
The authors explore the complexities of and make recommen...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Great read on how moving rapidly away from fossil fuel can better address distributional consequences and why it must. @naznishu @ZShawoo @cleoverk @harrovanasselt https://www.sei.org/publications/equity-dimensions-anti-fossil-fuel-norms/ @SEIresearch
"This is industrial policy for the 21st century, American style" @SEI_Erickson covers key aspects of the IRA here. https://www.sei.org/featured/qa-peter-erickson-new-us-climate-law/ @SEIresearch
Q&A with SEI's Peter Erickson: "There is something for ev...
SEI Affiliated Researcher Pete Erickson lays out the bene...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"This is industrial policy for the 21st century, American style" @SEI_Erickson covers key aspects of the IRA here. https://www.sei.org/featured/qa-peter-erickson-new-us-climate-law/ @SEIresearch
Important new research by @ZShawoo @naznishu & Dayoon Kim on how Covid-19 made COP26 participation even more inequitable and what needs to happen for COP27 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/covid19-cop26-global-south/
Covid-19 made COP26 the COP of fossil fuel companies and ...
SEI scientists lay out six reforms needed to create more ...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Important new research by @ZShawoo @naznishu & Dayoon Kim on how Covid-19 made COP26 participation even more inequitable and what needs to happen for COP27 https://www.sei.org/perspectives/covid19-cop26-global-south/
The point of setting #netzero targets is not for each company to achieve net zero, but to contribute what it can to global net zero. https://www.sei.org/perspectives/corporate-net-zero-targets/ @DBroekhoff @SEIresearch
For corporate net-zero targets, focus on the big picture
The point of companies setting net-zero targets is not fo...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The point of setting #netzero targets is not for each company to achieve net zero, but to contribute what it can to global net zero. https://www.sei.org/perspectives/corporate-net-zero-targets/ @DBroekhoff @SEIresearch
"Think less about achieving your own net zero and more about what you can contribute to global #NetZero " @DBroekhoff on the fallacy of division https://youtu.be/ca-ewn4bWfc via @YouTube
February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Think less about achieving your own net zero and more about what you can contribute to global #NetZero " @DBroekhoff on the fallacy of division https://youtu.be/ca-ewn4bWfc via @YouTube
In Australia, It’s ‘Long Live King Coal’. And Queen Gas? Nah. It's same old guys. So many gaps to close. #ProductionGap The NYT's other title for this says it best: "Why Australia Won't Commit to Slashing Carbon Emissions"....
February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In Australia, It’s ‘Long Live King Coal’. And Queen Gas? Nah. It's same old guys. So many gaps to close. #ProductionGap The NYT's other title for this says it best: "Why Australia Won't Commit to Slashing Carbon Emissions"....
"Each country that pumps out oil and gas would prefer to grab as much of that shrinking market share as possible and let others cut back. That dynamic can lead to overproduction worldwide." @bradplumer nails it. As usual. #ProductionGap ...
February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Each country that pumps out oil and gas would prefer to grab as much of that shrinking market share as possible and let others cut back. That dynamic can lead to overproduction worldwide." @bradplumer nails it. As usual. #ProductionGap ...
"The reality is that governments of major fossil fuel-producing countries are still not willing to acknowledge the fact that we need a rapid and sustained reduction of coal, oil and gas extraction as part of the global decarbonization effort" @_aploy in...
February 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"The reality is that governments of major fossil fuel-producing countries are still not willing to acknowledge the fact that we need a rapid and sustained reduction of coal, oil and gas extraction as part of the global decarbonization effort" @_aploy in...
Surprise! OIL AND GAS: Shell CEO: Historic court ruling won't help climate fight.... There are still issues to debate, but as @SEI_Erickson points out here, it's time to stop spreading the falsehood of "perfect substitution". https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063734617 via...
E&E News: Shell CEO: Historic court ruling won't help cli...
<p>The CEO of Royal Dutch Shell PLC said yesterday that h...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Surprise! OIL AND GAS: Shell CEO: Historic court ruling won't help climate fight.... There are still issues to debate, but as @SEI_Erickson points out here, it's time to stop spreading the falsehood of "perfect substitution". https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063734617 via...
In awe of what Biden Admin pulled off today. Unimaginable a year ago. And it's only a start. “The question is what should the United States do given its capacity to act and its historical responsibility for causing the problem". @KarthaSivan in...
February 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In awe of what Biden Admin pulled off today. Unimaginable a year ago. And it's only a start. “The question is what should the United States do given its capacity to act and its historical responsibility for causing the problem". @KarthaSivan in...
"In summary, subsidies to fossil fuel producers are an inefficient means of creating jobs, they hold back the low-carbon energy transition, and they work against efforts to improve public health" @SEI_Erickson provides the evidence to #USCongress ...
February 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"In summary, subsidies to fossil fuel producers are an inefficient means of creating jobs, they hold back the low-carbon energy transition, and they work against efforts to improve public health" @SEI_Erickson provides the evidence to #USCongress ...
Another historic moment @RoKhanna "it's the 1st time the US Congress has convened a hearing to remove subsidies for fossil fuels" as he opens it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRUm8veLKlk Stay tuned for @SEI_Erickson to testify about our research shortly.
February 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Another historic moment @RoKhanna "it's the 1st time the US Congress has convened a hearing to remove subsidies for fossil fuels" as he opens it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRUm8veLKlk Stay tuned for @SEI_Erickson to testify about our research shortly.
How could moving the UNFCCC climate talks online lead to a more effective, transparent and inclusive process? A fast moving effort to help figure this out. @MarcusCarson56 @rjtklein https://www.sei.org/perspectives/analysing-options-online-climate-negotiations/ via @SEIresearch
Moving the UN climate talks online: analysing the options
It's time to examine systematically which elements of the...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
How could moving the UNFCCC climate talks online lead to a more effective, transparent and inclusive process? A fast moving effort to help figure this out. @MarcusCarson56 @rjtklein https://www.sei.org/perspectives/analysing-options-online-climate-negotiations/ via @SEIresearch
“If we frame our understanding always relative to what we can actually imagine this current Senate doing, it’s not a discussion about what’s actually needed” @KarthaSivan ...
February 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“If we frame our understanding always relative to what we can actually imagine this current Senate doing, it’s not a discussion about what’s actually needed” @KarthaSivan ...
Voluntary corporate action (and offsets) can support climate progress or undermine it. Read @DBroekhoff on what's at stake with the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets and how to get it right. https://reut.rs/3qKorT1
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February 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Voluntary corporate action (and offsets) can support climate progress or undermine it. Read @DBroekhoff on what's at stake with the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets and how to get it right. https://reut.rs/3qKorT1
Check out @SEI_Erickson on four major developments to look for from the new US administration to bolster climate action https://www.sei.org/perspectives/democratic-reforms-us-administration-climate/ via @SEIresearch
Democratic reforms will determine how successful the US a...
US President Biden has already shown he is serious about ...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Check out @SEI_Erickson on four major developments to look for from the new US administration to bolster climate action https://www.sei.org/perspectives/democratic-reforms-us-administration-climate/ via @SEIresearch
Groundhog day alert. As carbon offsets seek a comeback, the same achilles heels persist: additionality, permanence, leakage. Wise advice from the experts here: Derik Broekhoff, @dcullenward @barbarahaya Non-additional offsets = climate harm ...
February 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Groundhog day alert. As carbon offsets seek a comeback, the same achilles heels persist: additionality, permanence, leakage. Wise advice from the experts here: Derik Broekhoff, @dcullenward @barbarahaya Non-additional offsets = climate harm ...
Come work with our team on a just transition from fossil fuels. Or just spread the word! @cleoverk @_aploy @SEI_Erickson @yehle @KarthaSivan https://www.sei.org/people/jobs/climate-energy-associate-project-lead/ via @SEIresearch
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February 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Come work with our team on a just transition from fossil fuels. Or just spread the word! @cleoverk @_aploy @SEI_Erickson @yehle @KarthaSivan https://www.sei.org/people/jobs/climate-energy-associate-project-lead/ via @SEIresearch
"the rapidly accelerating growth in total emissions...has categorically not occurred to benefit the poorer half of the world.. Nearly 1/2 has merely allowed the already wealthy top 10% to augment their consumption." https://www.sei.org/publications/the-carbon-inequality-era/...
The Carbon Inequality Era
This paper draws on new data examining the starkly differ...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"the rapidly accelerating growth in total emissions...has categorically not occurred to benefit the poorer half of the world.. Nearly 1/2 has merely allowed the already wealthy top 10% to augment their consumption." https://www.sei.org/publications/the-carbon-inequality-era/...
Good advice on what it will take for just transition to succeed in the US. It's time for states that grew rich from oil, gas and coal to figure out what's next @MBazilian ...
February 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Good advice on what it will take for just transition to succeed in the US. It's time for states that grew rich from oil, gas and coal to figure out what's next @MBazilian ...
Live as of last week: New @climatepolicy special issue on Climate Curbing fossil fuel supply to achieve climate goals https://www.sei.org/publications/curbing-fossil-fuel-supply-to-achieve-climate-goals/ kudos to co-editors Georgia Piggot, @harrovanasselt and @cleoverk and host of...
Curbing fossil fuel supply to achieve climate goals
This special issue brings together pioneering new work on...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Live as of last week: New @climatepolicy special issue on Climate Curbing fossil fuel supply to achieve climate goals https://www.sei.org/publications/curbing-fossil-fuel-supply-to-achieve-climate-goals/ kudos to co-editors Georgia Piggot, @harrovanasselt and @cleoverk and host of...
"Today, governments are doubling down on fossil fuels as they grapple with the pandemic and plans their recoveries, but there is still time to build back better.” @ElisaArond ...
February 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Today, governments are doubling down on fossil fuels as they grapple with the pandemic and plans their recoveries, but there is still time to build back better.” @ElisaArond ...