Weekend Reading, Listening and Watching Recommendations (February 28, 2025)

The Troubled Energy Transition; Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS& Google Cloud; The future of evidence-based policymaking & international dev; How to Get People to Listen to You

1. Read: The Troubled Energy Transition: This thought-provoking Foreign Affairs article by Daniel Yergin, Peter Orzag and Atul Arya challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that the energy transition has become an "energy addition" rather than a true transition, with renewable growth occurring alongside record fossil fuel consumption. The authors outline the complex geopolitical, economic, and material constraints hampering the shift to clean energy, arguing that a more pragmatic approach is needed that balances climate goals with economic development, energy security, and global equity.

2. Read: Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud: Local cloud startups offer data sovereignty at a time when the debate about who has access to a country’s data is heating up. (via

   The Rest of the World
   )

3. Listen: The future of evidence-based policymaking and international development (via

   VoxDev
   with Rory Stewart,
   Stefan Dercon
   and
   Trudi Makhaya
   )

4. Watch: How to Get People to Listen to You | The Harvard Business Review Guide