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Tim Sahay and Kate Mackenzie on how geopolitics has been driving a quiet revolution in clean tech, and how the energy transition is in turn reshaping world power.
Unknown Host hosts The Polycrisis, a news show with 15 episodes published.
In this final bonus season episode, Kate and Tim reflect on the morality of focusing on the "co-benefits" of war, and whether they are techno-optimists or techno-pessimists. Hosted by energy and climate finance expert Ka
The Polycrisis is sharing some episodes from other podcasts around the world while we develop our next season. This episode is from the Brazilian ClimaInfo podcast . It's about how Brazil has become a focal point in the
The Polycrisis team’s taking a short break, we’ll be back next week. In the meantime we’re sharing an episode from NuVoices where they interview Kate Mackenzie. NuVoices host Solarina Ho asks Kate whether the topic of cl
The Polycrisis team’s having a short break, so we’re sharing a couple of episodes from other podcasts that are very relevant to our themes. Chinese EVs are just beginning to arrive in Canada this week; but – as we wrote
US-China relations have evolved because of the Middle East war. Trump recently made the first presidential visit to China in nine years. So what are the implications for energy and international development? And why it's
Why exactly is this 2026 energy shock so different from the 1970s & 2022 shocks? Kate and Tim discuss our current energy security landscape, and outline some of the arguments made in their recent Polycrisis essay , just
Is the UAE's departure from OPEC mostly about Gulf geopolitics and kings defending their regimes, or the outlook for oil demand? There is, as ever, a lot of context required to answer this question. Hosted by energy and
In this first bonus episode, we discuss why the Middle East war is accelerating the destruction of demand for fossil fuels, and why the US won’t become the new provider of "geopolitically secure” oil and gas. We also arg
Can the US stop the electric wave? In 2022 the US introduced its first ever set of serious climate policies. That took an unprecedented collaboration of racial justice, environment and labour interests. But oil and gas i
China didn’t set out to fix climate change. Its production of clean energy and electrification tech is changing the world, but this particular green revolution is a byproduct of China’s economic strategy and its quest fo
How is the Middle East war going to change the energy strategies of many countries? Global powers have long relied upon the threat of cutting off fossil energy flows – or the revenues from selling them – to discipline an
What does the US dollar have to do with energy access in Africa? Mark Blyth explains why countries are so keen to cut back their US dollar dependence; and how that’s connected to the way they get energy. Also, why German
The second wave of the energy transition is already happening: Since 2022, developing countries have been rapidly ramping up their use of solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles. And the subsequent energy crisis of
This first season of The Polycrisis podcast tells the story of the clash between new and old energy regimes. Just like other energy transitions before it, this is a geopolitical story - not a climate one. Developing coun
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Jessica Chen Weiss
Professor of China Studies and the faculty director of the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs at Johns · Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
1 appearance on this show
Mark Blyth
professor of international economics · Brown University
1 appearance on this show
Tim Sahay
Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins University
3 appearances on this show
Rhiana Gunn-Wright
Roosevelt Institute
1 appearance on this show
Naa Adjekai Adjei
unclear
1 appearance on this show
Haneea Isaad
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
1 appearance on this show
Kyle Chan
Brookings Institution
1 appearance on this show
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