Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations (May 12, 2023)

Global Trends in decarbonization; Annual State of Tech; How policy reform happens & the next generation of economic reforms in India; Jeff Goodell talks about his book on sea level rise

1. Read: Two important relatively new presentations (one from this month and the other from February): Nat Bullard of Bloomberg New Energy Finance has made a fascinating tour de horizon of trends in decarbonization. It is well worth your time. Benedict Evans did his annual state of tech presentation, which you can see here and a related video here.

2. Listen: Montek Singh Ahluwalia has a good discussion on how policy reform happens and what the next generation of economic reforms in India should look like (Spoiler alert: he prioritizes banking sector reform and logistics).

3. Watch: Jeff Goodell talks about his book on sea level rise.