We conduct public interest financial analysis on the most profound economic transformation since the industrial revolution: the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.
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Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is a think tank established in 2022 that works probono in the public interest to accelerate decarbonisation. We conduct research and analyses on global financial issues related to the global energy transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, as well as the implications for the Australian economy, with a key focus on the threats and opportunities for Australian investments and exports. Read more
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Australia-EU Hydrogen Supply Chain Forum Successfully Held in Perth
On 4–5 September 2025, the Governments of Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands, supported by the EU Delegation to Australia, the […] Read more
Australia Workshop: Advancing Green Iron in the APAC Region
📍 20–21 August, National Wine Centre, Adelaide The two-day workshop brought together key stakeholders to explore Australia’s green iron opportunity, […] Read more
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INTERVIEW | ABC Darwin Drive
ABC Darwin
Tim Buckley sees Sun Cable’s pivot from a 4,200km subsea electricity cable to solar-powered data centres as a pragmatic shift […] Read more
BHP backs out of renewable projects
ABC News
It is incredibly disappointing that Australia’s largest company refuses to act in line with climate science. Tim Buckley, director of the think tank Climate Energy Finance, notes that the cancellation of the project comes as the company appears to be winding back its broader decarbonisation ambitions. Last month, BHP revealed it had deferred until the next decade a decision on when or indeed whether it will electrify its vast fleet of trucks and trains. Read more
BHP scraps renewable energy projects, casting doubt on emissions targets
ABC News
“It is incredibly disappointing that Australia’s biggest company refuses to act in alignment with the climate science. “And it makes the government’s emissions reduction trajectory extremely difficult to deliver on.” The cancellation of the so-called ‘Inland Solar PV’ project comes amid what one analyst described as a “cooling” by BHP on broader decarbonisation efforts. Read more
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