The Polycrisis

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.

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The Polycrisis

Episodes (3)

Today 01 | Electric World Order | The Quiet Revolution
Fri Mar 13th Introducing: Electric World Order | The geopolitics of the energy and technology transition
Fri Mar 6th Original theme music

The Polycrisis

Mar 25, 2026
31¼ minutes
22 MB

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 2026 makes cleaner, electrified energy even more compelling. This episode explores how a surge of affordable, high quality clean tech is rewiring global energy; and why China is making all of this happen. Guests: Haneea Isaad (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, Pakistan) Kyle Chan (Fellow at the John L. Thornton Center for China Studies, Brookings Institution; au...

The Polycrisis

01 | Electric World Order | The Quiet Revolution

The Polycrisis

00:00 -31:20