National climate legislation in the works and its potential effects
Michael Lazarus
Thursday, May 15, 5:30-7
Health Sciences Building I-132 (in the Rotunda foyer)
Food will be provided, please bring your own drink
Michael Lazarus directs the Seattle office of Stockholm Environment Institute-US.
His current research focuses on energy and international climate change policy, and on
state and local energy and climate change initiatives within the US. He brings over 20
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.
Since 2002, he has been a member of the Methodology Panel of the Clean Development Mechanism,
the project-based emission reduction trading program of the Kyoto Protocol. During the 2005-2006
academic year, he was a visiting researcher at the Energy Policy and Economics Institute at the
University of Grenoble, France. Michael received an M.S. in Energy and Resources from the University
of California, Berkeley in 1984.
Please RSVP to Maris if you plan to attend
Science Policy at the UW (SPUW) Happy Hour and FOSEP General Meeting
Monday, May 20, 5:30-7:30
College Inn Pub Back Room
You may have attended one of FOSEP's seminars, discussion groups or community
outreach events. If you have always wanted to get more involved - here's your chance.
Or you can just sit back and have a beer with students who are interested in
how science affects society. This month's Science Policy at
the University of Washington (SPUW) happy hour is combined with our FOSEP general meeting.
This is an opportunity for networking and camaraderie with your fellow FOSEP members. Feel free to
bring friends and colleagues who might be interested in joining FOSEP.
US Energy Policy and Climate Change
Tom Ackerman
Thursday, May 29, 5:30-7
Health Sciences Building I-132 (in the Rotunda foyer)
Food will be provided, please bring your own drink
Professor Ackerman will talk to us about the link between US Energy Policy and Climate Change.
Can/does climate science influence energy policy? Can we improve the current situation?
Suggested readings from Professor Ackerman will be posted on the FOSEP website.
Professor Ackerman is Director of Joint Institute for the Study of the
Atmosphere and Oceans (JISAO) and Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at UW.
Please RSVP to lleahy@u.washington.edu if you plan to attend
Left to right: Chris Mooney, FOSEP member Tom Robey, Matthew Nisbet and Bryce Seidl (President and CEO of the Pacific
Science Center at the "Speaking Science 2.0" event
If you are Graduate Student or Postdoctoral Fellow
at the University of Washington or FHCRC
How to get involved:
1) The academic outreach committee plans 3-5 seminars on campus every year. They invite nationally regarded
speakers to talk about how their work impacts science AND society. You might have attended Matthew Nisbet's talk on framing Science or
Nalini Nadkarni's talk on science outreach earlier in the fall of 2007. Email
Clemens or Neil if planning an event this
sounds interesting.
2) FOSEP sponsors periodic discussion groups to tackle current issues of science policy and ethics.
If you would like to try your hand at arranging informal (curriculum-free) discussion groups for the benefit
of FOSEP members, you could work with
Clemens.
3) Do you want to curate a FOSEP topics page? If so, email
Beth.