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Tim Buckley’s presentation to PWC and the YPO (Young Professionals’ Organisation) Read more

IEEFA and CEF believe the long-term trajectory for renewable energy in India is still intact, even though recent global events […] Read more

In paper #3 in a series on critical minerals, Tim Buckley and Matt Pollard document 8 key onshore refining projects in Australia exemplifying the momentum of the energy transition and capital shifts. Read more

In paper #2 in a CEF series on critical minerals, Tim Buckley and Matthew Pollard review Australia’s world-leading lithium reserves and the scope for value-adding onshore. Read more

Critical minerals are key to the accelerating global energy transition and Australia is in pole position. CEF’s Tim Buckley and Matthew Pollard review the opportunities the boom presents and some key developments, in paper #1 of a series on this topic. Read more

Elysse Morgan interviews Tim Buckley on CEF’s Windfall Profits report and the case for fossil fuel tax reform, which CEF analysis shows would net $322bn over 10 years. Read more

The Australian Government has rejoined the global fight against the climate crisis, legislating a 43% emissions cut by 2030. Read more

In this video presentation to the Doctors for the Environment 2022 national conference, CEF director Tim Buckley details how green […] Read more

As Tim Buckley writes, China is leading the world by scaling up zero emissions industries of the future – RE, hydro power, smart grid integration, batteries, EVs, and most recently green hydrogen. In line with President Xi Jinping’s ‘Net Zero Emissions before 2060’ pledge, enormous progress has been made, but with climate impacts accelerating, ambition needs to be lifted. Read more

Tim Buckley elaborates the key tax and royalty policy changes needed to ensure fossil fuel producers pay their fair share for exploiting Australians’ assets – reform which would deliver over $300bn to the budget bottom line over 10 years. Read more

Tim Buckley says 22 million Australians on the east coast are wearing the price-shock impacts of fossil fuel producers’ war profiteering and the federal failure to reserve our sovereign gas for Australian consumers. Read more

CEF analysis finds that introducing an equitable multinational corporate tax and progressive royalty regime on Australia’s fossil fuels could contribute $322bn over 10 years. Read more