Kate Mackenzie

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. nature.com/articles/s4155…

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 phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-glo…

@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.... science.org/content/articl…

@kmac @polycrisis “After a 40% fall in 2024 in battery equipment costs, it’s clear we’re on track for another major fall in 2025..The economics for batteries are unrecognizable, and the industry is only just getting to grips with this new paradigm” pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/bat… x.com/SawyerMerritt/…

We appreciate the shoutout to our Carbon Politics podcast in the latest @polycrisis Dispatch by @70sBachchan @kmac: buttondown.com/polycrisisdisp… New episode of Carbon Politics Aug 28 here: cseindia.org/podcast-12744 [@CSEINDIA @down2earthindia @sunitanar @AnumitaRoychowd @aygoswami]

@BaldwinRE Glad you enjoyed it! @70sBachchan @polycrisis

Very good read! 👉POTUS trade EMPANADA deals:"Everyone Makes Promises And Never Actually Does Anything" buttondown.com/polycrisisdisp… 👉Trump did the same in Trump I; with the US-China deal, and the empty promises by Junker.

Brilliant & brooding piece by @kylascan on the american class war & the 'real economy' rise of China. @kmac & I honored to be quoted. "I write about the 3 Americas: one built on AI speculation, one held together by healthcare, and one running on memes" kyla.substack.com/p/how-ai-healt…

Robert Armstrong @rbrtrmstrng (who coined Trump Always Chickens Out thesis) says TACO is falsified. Its now WACO — World Always Chickens Out. New: @polycrisis @kmac take. Its actually EMPANDA — Everyone Makes Promises And Never Actually Does Anything? buttondown.com/polycrisisdisp…

Yep , europe’s gonna be buying a whole lot less US LNG than 750 billion dollars worth of it in three years. @kmac and other energy experts are very sceptical that either EU demand or US supply will scale. Less Hydrocarbon dollar than feared @MonaAli_NY_US x.com/SpencerHakimia…

“For the first time in two centuries, the West is no longer the leader in future technology, but the follower.” NEW: @kmac and I @phenomenalworld write about what the Chinese tech acceleration means for the world. Subscribe & read here: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics…

Trump is such a Third Worldist! He is going to make more Americans BRICS-curious Who are they? Why are more countries joining? Is it about the $? Are they going Green? We have got you covered in a BRICS primer @kmac @polycrisis phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics… x.com/RapidResponse4…

Very Interesting Stiglitz report on debt jubilee being discussed at Vatican: - Reflecting on slashing of aid budgets now diverted to military. - calling for new debt jubilee reflecting pandemic debts and subsequent hike in rates - calling for changes to UK law re vulture funds

Frantz Fanon once said “The colonized’s sector is a famished sector, hungry for bread, meat, shoes, coal,& light” In it “you are born anywhere, anyhow. You die anywhere, from anything" @ReturnToBandung & I on how societies are being beat back into poverty open.spotify.com/episode/7vOZJ1…

NEW Dispatch @kmac Trump losing elections in other countries -- Canada and Australia. Will they lead a global rebellion against Trumpism? Helene Rey's surprising optimism on whether Europe can replace US as monetary Hegemon Larry Summers on US shitshow buttondown.com/polycrisisdisp…

US Markets and dollar is plunging … what does mean for the rest of the world? Out this week. Subscribe to @kmac @polycrisis @phenomenalworld phenomenalworld.org/series/the-pol…

Great to have our latest article on DRC’s ban of cobalt exports listed in the @polycrisis Dispatch by @kmac @70sBachchan You can read the article by @SehrRaheja @rudrathavinashi here: downtoearth.org.in/economy/critic…

Continuing on with helpful news sources cited in my post below: @thecontinent_ @70sBachchan @kmac @kopalo @gyude_moore @graceblakeley @JWPaller @advaitarun_ @edking_I @adam_tooze @MarkLGoldberg @break_downradio @DanielDenvir @LarryMadowo @KarenAttiah @ReichlinMelnick

Molecules of Freedom is now in Japanese. Thank you Energy Tracker. As @kmac & I wrote, Japan is the WHALE of LNG. We cover: -European Energy Crisis & Expansion of LNG Infrastructure -Backlash from LNG construction boom and the reality of overinvestment energytracker.jp/20250414_fossi…

After Trump’s election, Ursula von der Leyen spoke on the phone to him about buying more shipments. “We still get a lot of LNG from Russia, and why not replace it with American LNG?” @kmac debunks the LNG bargaining thesis that is all over media

An LNG primer from @kmac & @70sBachchan phenomenalworld.org/analysis/molec…