We conduct public interest financial analysis on the most profound economic transformation since the industrial revolution: the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Tim Buckley, Director of Climate Energy Finance, spoke with ABC’s The World Today about the $200 million federal and Tasmanian government support package for Bell Bay Aluminium. He discusses the strategic importance of maintaining Australia’s aluminium smelting capacity, the critical role of affordable and reliable clean electricity, and the need for longer-term policy measures to keep Australian industry competitive as the global economy decarbonises. Read more

That 60% margin is not only unsustainable as the market shifts away from “dig and ship” to more sophisticated solutions. China will simply not allow it to continue, according to Tim Buckley, the director of Climate Energy Finance, an independent Australian think-tank. “At the end of the day, the bigger question is, does China allow [mining companies] BHP and Rio [Tinto] and Hancock to keep making obscene rates of return if they’re not investing in solutions that China wants?” Buckley told Dialogue Earth. “No business sector sustainably generates 60% returns on capital employed … if there isn’t a perfect moat around your business.” Could that moat be about to be breached? Read more

Tim Buckley, director of think tank Climate Energy Finance and a former managing director of global investment bank Citigroup, said “this iteration of the Coalition’s energy policy pamphlet belongs in the bin fire with every previous iteration”. “This will make the 2028 federal election yet another referendum on whether Australia will stay in alignment with the global consensus of the Paris Agreement and the climate science,” Buckley said. Read more