Join me on Bluesky. Good riddance X. Climate & energy policy researcher and US center director @SEIresearch. Usual disclaimers.
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Joined October 2015
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Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
On Thursday, the UK Supreme Court ruled that a local council should have considered Scope 3 emissions from burning oil from new wells — a landmark decision which could put future UK upstream oil and gas projects in question. bbc.com/news/articles/cxwwzm…
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
Makes my heart full to see our @UNEP #ProductionGap report series cited throughout this groundbreaking decision 🙌
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
Two must-read articles by @ColinJCarlson: “Health impacts from #climatechange have been apparent for at least 20 years, but the climate crisis is still not treated like other global #publichealth emergencies.” nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
FAO's plan to eliminate #hunger while keeping #GlobalHeating in check makes some serious omissions, say SEI's @cleoverk & @Mlaz_SEI.
Their new comment in @NatureFoodJnl highlights the missed opportunities:
buff.ly/49SUxTz
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
🚨 New Publication 🚨
In @NatureFoodJnl, my co-authors and I critique the methodological and substantive shortcomings of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) roadmap for achieving zero hunger without breaching the 1.5 °C threshold.
🧵 1/17
nature.com/articles/s43016-0…
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
We are thrilled to welcome @edwardrcarr as our new US Centre Director! 🎉
With decades of impactful experience and a deep-seated drive to address urgent global challenges, Prof. Carr is set to lead SEI US into a transformative new era.
Read the news 👉 buff.ly/3Insy27
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
Which countries should end the pumping of #OilAndGas?
In a piece that cites November's #ProductionGap report, SEI's @mlaz_sei weighs in with @pollybindman at @ClimateHome. ⤵️
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Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
“There a shelf life, a due date, on #FossilFuels now. We’re at a point where we can envision transitioning away from fossil fuels.”
SEI's @mlaz_sei commenting in @NBCNews on the historic agreement at #COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels.
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Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
I don’t know if #COP28 will deliver something unprecedented on #FFPO… but I’ll always remember this moment when @susanamuhamad cites our 2023 #ProductionGap report’s findings to implore why the burning & extraction of fossil fuels must be urgently reduced to keep 1.5°C alive 🙏🏼
El compromiso para alcanzar las metas del Acuerdo de París, debe ser de todas las naciones. Para lograrlo debemos avanzar en la reducción progresiva de los combustibles fósiles y mirar un nuevo modelo económico.
Esta fue mi intervención en la Plenaria Oficial de la #COP28.
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
Lots of interest at #COP28 right now on Paris-aligned fossil fuel reduction pathways so thought I'd re-share three relevant publications I worked on this year:
1) @NatureComms paper analyzing 535 scenarios from the IPCC AR6.
2) 2023 #ProductionGap report
3) #10NewInsights
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
Our scale of #AnimalAgriculture is catastrophic to public health and planet.
A new @UNEP report featuring @SEIclimate researchers seeks to address this challenge by exploring novel and lab-grown #MeatAlternatives.
Authors break it down in this Q&A 👇🏼
sei.org/features/weighing-wh…
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
"It's unprecedented": @ZShawoo breaks down the historic decision on #LossAndDamage at #COP28.
From its early adoption to the challenges of governance and funding, understand the implications of the decision.
Full Q&A ⤵️ buff.ly/47F1tTa
#FinanceDay
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
⛽ We face a stark reality: global #OilAndGas production must drop significantly to meet 1.5°C targets.
But major oil firms, like @Ecopetrol SA, are slow to diversify, risking 'carbon lock-in'. How can they adapt?
Read the perspective 👉 buff.ly/47sTVTp (1/3)
COP28 president is wrong – science clearly shows fossil fuels must go (and fast). Great explainer from @st_pye theconversation.com/cop28-pr… via @ConversationUK
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
Huge thanks to @andersen_inger for highlighting both the #emissionsgap and #productiongap in today's high-level #GlobalStocktake at #COP28. "The largest coal, oil, gas producers are still planning increases. That's speaking out of two sides of the mouth." #FFPO
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
🚨 Our 2023 #ProductionGap report is out 🚨
While I wish we had better news to share, I hope our report will be a call-to-action for governments to finally commit to phasing out the production & consumption of all #fossilfuels at #COP28 and beyond.
productiongap.org
Excited to launch the 2023 #ProductionGap report tomorrow! Join the webinar with @ploy @NiklasHagelberg @_neil_grant @IISD_Energy @e3g and more on Wed to discuss the new findings. Register here: buff.ly/3SqwQfv
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
NEW – Guest post: Why all fossil fuels must decline rapidly to stay below 1.5C | @climateploy @st_pye @SEI_Erickson @CelineGuivarch @ElinaBru Prof Roberto Schaeffer
Read here: bit.ly/45GNGtv
ALT A fossil-fuelled power generating station in Denver, Colorado. Credit: Jim West / Alamy Stock Photo
Michael Lazarus 🦋 @ mlazo.bsky.social retweeted
We are excited to launch Redline - Research Database for Litigation against New fossil fuel Extraction. Its aim is to arm litigators with the latest research relevant to factual claims underpinning fossil fuel litigation: redlinedatabase.org @ucl @st_pye
Important new paper shows how #IPCC scenarios and reasonable expectations and limits of CDR and CCS point to #COP28 outcome calling for phase out of all fossil fuels.
Just in time for next week's UN Climate Ambition Summit & #NYCW, our new @NatureComms paper takes a deep-dive into what the #IPCC #AR6 scenario ensemble says about reducing fossil fuel production in line with a net-zero future. Some key takeaways 🧵 nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
