Chris Stark: 'We should be looking at the electrostates... The UK should want to be one of those electrostates. The global clean energy transition is not stalling, it is accelerating.'
June 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Chris Stark: 'We should be looking at the electrostates... The UK should want to be one of those electrostates. The global clean energy transition is not stalling, it is accelerating.'
the future is electrostates vs petrostates
"Chinese carbon dioxide emissions fell 2.7 percent during the first six months of 2025, while U.S. CO2 emissions were up 4.2 percent, according to Carbon Monitor, a global emissions tracker led by an international team of academics."
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
A new way the US may be falling behind China
www.politico.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
the future is electrostates vs petrostates
There is an extraordinary thing happening in many Asian economies. #electrostates
June 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
There is an extraordinary thing happening in many Asian economies. #electrostates
China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
January 13, 2026 at 7:43 AM
China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
The battle between petrostates and electrostates, by @climatemorgan.bsky.social
The clean energy transition is turning into a power struggle. Countries built on fossil fuels are pushing back, while others are racing ahead on renewables.
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#climatesky
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#climatesky
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026
While wind and solar energy led in investments globally, liquefied natural gas is also booming. A former climate envoy for Germany explains what’s coming and the countries to watch.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The battle between petrostates and electrostates, by @climatemorgan.bsky.social
electrostates vs petrostates volume 68
NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
September 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
electrostates vs petrostates volume 68
‘Electrostates’ of the future rather than ‘petrostates’ of the past - neat framing
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Chris Stark: 'We should be looking at the electrostates... The UK should want to be one of those electrostates. The global clean energy transition is not stalling, it is accelerating.'
June 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
‘Electrostates’ of the future rather than ‘petrostates’ of the past - neat framing
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Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: how the clean energy shift is reshaping the world order
Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: how the clean energy shift is reshaping the world order
The global shift toward renewable energy is challenging old geopolitical power structures. So where does Australia stand?
buff.ly
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: how the clean energy shift is reshaping the world order
Will electrostates or petrostates rule the world in the future?
I spoke to Times Radio over the weekend on this topic.
youtu.be/WX-11uNi17s
I spoke to Times Radio over the weekend on this topic.
youtu.be/WX-11uNi17s
Electrostates or petrostates? Times Radio interview 31 January 2026
YouTube video by Jan Rosenow
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Will electrostates or petrostates rule the world in the future?
I spoke to Times Radio over the weekend on this topic.
youtu.be/WX-11uNi17s
I spoke to Times Radio over the weekend on this topic.
youtu.be/WX-11uNi17s
It's official – I'm writing a book.
Scribe has won UK & Commonwealth rights to Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World, in 4-way auction.
Out in 2028. About how electrification reshapes our energy system & the global order. More soon.
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Scribe has won UK & Commonwealth rights to Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World, in 4-way auction.
Out in 2028. About how electrification reshapes our energy system & the global order. More soon.
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Scribe wins four-way auction to Jan Rosenow's 'urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era'
Scribe has won a four-way auction to Jan Rosenow's “urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era”, Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World.
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August 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
It's official – I'm writing a book.
Scribe has won UK & Commonwealth rights to Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World, in 4-way auction.
Out in 2028. About how electrification reshapes our energy system & the global order. More soon.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/scrib...
Scribe has won UK & Commonwealth rights to Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World, in 4-way auction.
Out in 2028. About how electrification reshapes our energy system & the global order. More soon.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/scrib...
Adam Tooze gave the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture, ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’, at the New School in New York City on 27 October 2025.
Watch the lecture in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnx...
Watch the lecture in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnx...
Adam Tooze: Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War
YouTube video by London Review of Books (LRB)
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Adam Tooze gave the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture, ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’, at the New School in New York City on 27 October 2025.
Watch the lecture in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnx...
Watch the lecture in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnx...
Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: how the clean energy shift is reshaping the world order
theconversation.com/goodbye-petr...
theconversation.com/goodbye-petr...
Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: how the clean energy shift is reshaping the world order
The global shift toward renewable energy is challenging old geopolitical power structures. So where does Australia stand?
theconversation.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: how the clean energy shift is reshaping the world order
theconversation.com/goodbye-petr...
theconversation.com/goodbye-petr...
Awkward timing as well for Tooze's new book
Film: Adam Tooze · Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War
www.lrb.co.uk
August 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Awkward timing as well for Tooze's new book
On 27 October @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture in New York on the subject of Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War.
Book now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
Book now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
NYC Lecture: Adam Tooze on Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War
The 2025 LRB Autumn Lecture: a new annual lecture in New York
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October 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
On 27 October @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture in New York on the subject of Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War.
Book now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
Book now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
The Great Game of Petrostates and Electrostates, with only one possible end state and predatory delay, paid for by everyone on the planet www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. (Gift Article)
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The Great Game of Petrostates and Electrostates, with only one possible end state and predatory delay, paid for by everyone on the planet www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I think this is one of the most useful distinctions to understand the current state of world politics: Petrostates vs Electrostates. It groups the US with other fossil fuel oligarchys, China as the leading power of electrification, the EU smack dab in the middle.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/c...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/c...
Electrostates vs. Petrostates
China is building a new green bloc, while the United States is doubling down on oil.
foreignpolicy.com
May 16, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I think this is one of the most useful distinctions to understand the current state of world politics: Petrostates vs Electrostates. It groups the US with other fossil fuel oligarchys, China as the leading power of electrification, the EU smack dab in the middle.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/c...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/c...
China’s electrification rate is rising by 10 percentage points a decade—backed by policy, demand & manufacturing scale, and is now at 30% 🇨🇳
The US and EU have been stagnant at just over 20% since 2008.
Find out the benefits of building electrostates ⬇️
https://loom.ly/CuYuPWc
The US and EU have been stagnant at just over 20% since 2008.
Find out the benefits of building electrostates ⬇️
https://loom.ly/CuYuPWc
June 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
China’s electrification rate is rising by 10 percentage points a decade—backed by policy, demand & manufacturing scale, and is now at 30% 🇨🇳
The US and EU have been stagnant at just over 20% since 2008.
Find out the benefits of building electrostates ⬇️
https://loom.ly/CuYuPWc
The US and EU have been stagnant at just over 20% since 2008.
Find out the benefits of building electrostates ⬇️
https://loom.ly/CuYuPWc
On Monday, @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture at the New School in New York, on the subject of ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’.
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
NYC Lecture: Adam Tooze on Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War
The 2025 LRB Autumn Lecture: a new annual lecture in New York
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On Monday, @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture at the New School in New York, on the subject of ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’.
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nyc-lectur...
Electrostates vs carbon states, BRICS edition:
www.ft.com/content/5cbd...
www.ft.com/content/5cbd...
The growing Brics divide between carbon nations and electrostates
Energy systems can shape political institutions and make some nations more vulnerable to trade wars than others
www.ft.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Electrostates vs carbon states, BRICS edition:
www.ft.com/content/5cbd...
www.ft.com/content/5cbd...
It’s not an ecomomic crisis that is looming - it is a fossil fuel induced economic crisis. China is demonstrating now that being on the way to being an #Electrostate immunizes against the worst effects. Future crises will be very different, more harmless for Electrostates.
September 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It’s not an ecomomic crisis that is looming - it is a fossil fuel induced economic crisis. China is demonstrating now that being on the way to being an #Electrostate immunizes against the worst effects. Future crises will be very different, more harmless for Electrostates.
The geopolitical alignments of the 21st century are shaping up to be petrostates versus the electrostates.
The U.S. and Russia are presently aligned on one side, and China and the E.U. are leading the other side along with most low-carbon “emerging” economies.
The U.S. and Russia are presently aligned on one side, and China and the E.U. are leading the other side along with most low-carbon “emerging” economies.
August 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The geopolitical alignments of the 21st century are shaping up to be petrostates versus the electrostates.
The U.S. and Russia are presently aligned on one side, and China and the E.U. are leading the other side along with most low-carbon “emerging” economies.
The U.S. and Russia are presently aligned on one side, and China and the E.U. are leading the other side along with most low-carbon “emerging” economies.
Adam Tooze gave the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture, ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’, at the New School in New York City on 27 October 2025.
Watch the lecture in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnx...
Watch the lecture in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnx...
Adam Tooze: Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War
YouTube video by London Review of Books (LRB)
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Adam Tooze gave the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture, ‘Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War’, at the New School in New York City on 27 October 2025.
Watch the lecture in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnx...
Watch the lecture in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnx...
#CostOfClimate #ClimateChange #yyc #abpoli #cdnpoli #CanadaSky #ClimateSky #EnergyTransition #Electrostates #Petrostates #China #Iran #America
May 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
"Let's electrify" war der Ausruf von Ursula von der Leyen am Ende des Kapitels zu Energie und Klima. Aus meiner Sicht ergibt sich daraus eine Art Vision für die EU als "Commonwealth of Electrostates" - es ist an der Zeit, dass auch Deutschland sich klar dazu bekennt, #Elektrostaat werden zu wollen.
September 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
"Let's electrify" war der Ausruf von Ursula von der Leyen am Ende des Kapitels zu Energie und Klima. Aus meiner Sicht ergibt sich daraus eine Art Vision für die EU als "Commonwealth of Electrostates" - es ist an der Zeit, dass auch Deutschland sich klar dazu bekennt, #Elektrostaat werden zu wollen.