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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INTERVIEW | Follow the money: Tim Buckley on what will really drive Australia’s energy transition
PV Magazine
https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/09/07/follow-the-money-tim-buckley-on-what-will-really-drive-australias-energy-transition/ Read more
OP ED | Outback Australia has desperate need for rooftop PV and batteries to cut crippling dependence on imported diesel
Renew Economy
Alistair Kitchen & Tim Buckley: The US war on Iran at the start of 2026 gave Australia a major reminder of why energy security is yet another reason for the whole of our country to embrace the energy system transformation to electrification and decarbonisation – a permanent solution to our addiction to expensive, high emissions, scarce diesel and oil imported from the Middle East. Nowhere is this need and opportunity more evident than in remote communities of outback Australia. For these communities, excessive dependency on imported diesel means energy insecurity is a near daily threat. Read more
“Why do we bother?” Australia can’t compete with China’s green transition, but it can leverage its success
Renew Economy
Buckley, the head of Climate Energy Finance who returned recently to Australia from his latest trip to China, said the “staggering” scale of manufacturing and the speed of construction there put Australia’s $2.5 billion efforts to bail out facilities such as Tomago in the shade. The visit took in the Hongtai Aluminium smelter in the southern province of Yunnan. Construction on the site began in December 2019, with the first metal produced within a year. Read more
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