Morgan Bazilian
UNIDO
Morgan Bazilian is the Special Advisor to the Director-General of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on international energy and climate policy. In this role he focuses on helping to shape the United Nations approach to energy for development. Previously, he was Senior Advisor on energy and climate change to Ireland’s Minister of Energy, after directing the clean energy division of Ireland’s national energy authority for several years. Morgan has been the lead climate change negotiator for the EU on low-carbon technology, and a member of the UNFCCC’s Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT). He holds a Ph.D. and Masters degrees related to the techno-economic aspects of energy systems, and has been a Fulbright Fellow. Morgan also supports the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook (WEO), the World Economic Forum’s Clean Energy Investment Committee, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Global Futures, as well as advising the Novus Modus Fund, a clean-tech venture capital vehicle.