Michael Yulkin graduated from the Economic Faculty of the Moscow State University named after M. Lomonosov with diploma in Economic Cybernetics; in 1992-1993, he took a 2-year training course of project analysis in the World Bank Institute in Washington, DC (USA). In 1998-1999, Michael participated as a task leader in charge of carbon projects methodology and pipeline development in the Russian Strategy Study on Climate Change, supported by the World Bank and other international donors. In 1999, Michael initiated the foundation of the non-commercial Environmental Investment Center and has remained its leader until March 2021. In 2007-2008, Michael worked in the Russian branch of Camco International, a carbon asset management company listed on London Stock Exchange (AIM), first as Director for JI carbon projects, and later – as Director for policy and strategy. In 2009, he took a position of Managing Director at CCGS LLC, a Russian-Dutch consulting company established in 2008 to help Russian industries design and implement GHG emission reduction projects under the Kyoto protocol and to sell carbon credits in the international market. In 2019, Michael launched his own consulting company CarbonLab LLC which focuses on climate change mitigation and adaptation, including GHG monitoring, reporting and verification, climate change risks and opportunities evaluation and management as well as climate strategy design and implementation. In 2021, he took over CCGS LLC and merged it with CarbonLab. In 2017, Michael started teaching Modern Climate Policy at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) and giving training courses on carbon accounting and climate change management to corporate clients. In 2018, Michael wrote a book “Low Carbon Development: from Theory to Practice” which happened to be the first publication in the Russian language where the concept and consequences of the world’s transition to low carbon development were explored. He is also well known domestically and abroad for his numerous articles and interviews on climate change and GHG regulation in the Russian and international media. In 2009-2018 Michael was the Head of the Working Group on Climate Change and GHG Management at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, in 2014-2018 – deputy Chairman, Head of the Expert (Advisory) Council of the Interregional Working Group for Russian Barents (Euro-Arctic) Region Climate Strategy Development, since 2013 – a member of the Interdepartmental Working Group under the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation on Climate Change and Sustainable Development; since 2016 – member of the Working Group on the implementation of a pilot project aimed at GHG emissions reduction in the city of Moscow, since 2018 – member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Russia) Commission on the Economy of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, since 2021 – member of the Working Subgroup on GHG Regulation and Carbon Trading at the Bank of Russia.
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