Kate Mackenzie

Writer/researcher on finance, econ + climate also @[email protected] Haunts include @centrepolicydev @climate @polycrisis @phenomenalworld ex @FT

[Kate Mackenzie @kmac]

Very excited that a paper I co-wrote with awesome researchers @TanyaFiedler @sarahinscience Andy Pitman, Nick Wood, Christian Jakob was accepted by Nature Climate Change and... IT IS HERE. Some threads to follow. https://t.co/i1U4bJKBsU

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

@kmac 7/ This is what @kmac & I called the "hyperagency of consumers" thats outpacing policy or public investment & forcing govts and investors to respond.

In UK heat pump orders doubled in a single month; EV and solar orders are rising worldwide. In Europe...
https://t.co/Bo2yIGCvB8

[Kate Mackenzie @kmac]

@TheStalwart @adam_tooze We talked about here

https://t.co/C8EEa8sQxL

This is the best illustration:

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

Out tomorrow.: Dawn of the Electric World Order
@kmac Global shockwaves from the war on Iran are accelerating the energy transition
Sign up @phenomenalworld Polycrisis newsletter here
https://t.co/L6Oeqx8Mfj

[Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld]

“Once a climate project, electrification is now a geopolitical insurance policy. A fossil fuel supremacist government has made oil and gas costly and unreliable—and accelerated the turn to the electric world order.”

NEW column from @kmac and @70sBachchan
https://t.co/G5CJdrNzFg

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

Stranded countries are far more dangerous than "stranded assets" of pvt oil companies. It's Western navel gazing to only focus on latter & not powerful National Oil Companies

Ep2 Polycrisis DRAMA KINGS @kmac & I chat about UAE shock OPEC exit
Listen here:https://t.co/d0eJPKeZOh

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

Also read @Equatormag https://t.co/LIbzYE0Fgq
great @thenation interview with its editors
"Are Magazines Failing to Cover the New World Order?"
ht @daniel_dsj2110 @GavJacobson
https://t.co/c6Mtz8G760

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

@kmac On UAE shock exit from OPEC, its the economics stupid. They just want to pump more barrels than OPEC quota allowed. Now pursuing their national interest because they fundamentally believe its about gaining market share in last decades of oil on earth
https://t.co/g1OQHinS1E

[Zaineb Majoka @z_majoka]

1 in 4 Pakistani households own a solar panel. But the poorest quintile has the highest ownership (31%) vs the richest (23.7%). Not what you'd expect from an expensive technology.

[Pierre Charbonnier @picharbonnier]

@70sBachchan @triofrancos @aldatweets @kmac "Hormuz has main character energy" killed me

[Kate Mackenzie @kmac]

@BrusselerMel @70sBachchan Melanie!

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

@kmac @polycrisis @ramez What is happening in California & Australia is a preview. Solar+Battery boom makes Gas economics worse. Petrostates and buyers should think twice about locking in new gas investments and infrastructure.
All that is liquid can melt into air.
https://t.co/2x6apMYfcQ

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

"I've forgotten about climate change because i'm worried about world war"
been hearing that? well, @kmac & I made a podcast on energy AND geopolitics, climate AND development.
https://t.co/1JxeigYCjs

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

@MkBlyth @kmac Mark Blyth gave a lecture at LSE just after we interviewed him at our new Polycrisis podcast.

His talk on the future of global politics, decarbonization and the future of the dollar is simply the best I've seen. Have a listen:
https://t.co/PNGsTd0jkJ

[Mark Blyth @MkBlyth]

Had a good chat with the Polycrisis folks. Helped frame my recent LSE talk, which is here: https://t.co/CcigcMxVAq

Podcast is shorter. Your choice.

[This Machine Kills @machinekillspod]

🚨451. Do Not Become Addicted to Electrons (ft. Tim Sahay, Kate Mackenzie)🚨

From @polycrisis, we're joined by @kmac and @70sBachchan to chat about the war in Iran, fossil fuel demand destruction, forced energy transitions, plus much more.

[Kate Mackenzie @kmac]

Me and @70sBachchan just recorded with @machinekillspod !!

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

normies: Trump is a president for the US oligarchy! Everything he does is to enrich the ruling class! They wanted giant tax cuts and GOP gave it to them in OBBA.

Oh.
Oh no no no.
https://t.co/wU1n4uIb18

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

@kmac and I argue: The reaction illustrates a market consensus that over-indexes on the power of finance and US military power, and under-indexes on Iran’s resolve and asymmetric chokepoint power, and the physical vulnerability of production and logistics.
https://t.co/wU1n4uIb18

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

Wanted: A global euro?
A multi-polar world needs a multi-polar currency said Mark Carney the central banker in 2019.
@kmac & I asked Shahin Vallee to look into Europe's moves against US and China.
NEW: @phenomenalworld @polycrisis
https://t.co/z6XMGLeGqz

[Albert Pinto @70sBachchan]

@kmac This is a great choice from Science (and photo essay) on “solar hockey stick of hope”, and countries breaking free of oil and gas dependence.

IF your country's media isn't telling you about the renewables global boom, then consider why....
https://t.co/hzrPOaOTCL