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Your intrepid hosts are again revisiting the geopolitics corner of the LMSU cafe and this week on the menu is a tariffpalooza! Everybody (except a few notable autocracies) was invited, though so far it resembles more of a GOT red wedding than a friendly feast of Big Macs sans Aussie beef. That’s right, EVERYBODY GETS A TARIFF! And why are we talking tariffs on a climate and energy podcast? Does the oversupply of  cheap Chinese clean tech help or hinder Aussie decarbonisation plans? Is Trump generated turmoil effectively a DoS attack flooding government bandwidth around the world and pushing climate down the agenda? And how durable is this tariff stuff anyway, given it appears to be going down like a cup of cold sick with the US public? Unsurprisingly, we have thoughts.

Our main paper

Leaving the tariff bloodbath behind, this week the basic sensible things cinematic universe presents: Victorian electrification options! Your intrepid hosts revisit another beloved LMSU climate caper and take a look at a briefing note from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Advice (IEEFA), ‘Electrification regulations in Victoria would lower energy bills and reduce gas supply gaps’. The folks at IEEFA have run the numbers on the different options in the Victorian Government’s electrification RIS and their verdict for households is: electrify everything, and electrify it now! We unpack.

One more things

Tennant’s One More Thing is: the 12 months to end March 2025 were the hottest In Australia’s recorded history (AFP report of a BOM scientist - caretaker may be holding back a BOM media release).

Frankie’s One More Thing is: the release of the final report of the Senate inquiry into Residential Electrification, featuring not one, not two,  but three hosts of LMSU!

Luke’s One More Thing is: Will the EU’s rightward shift have further impacts on climate policy and ambition?

And that’s all from us Summerupperers! Send your hot tips and suggestions for papers to us at [email protected] and check out our back catalogue at letmesumup.net.