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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

Tim Buckley’s presentation to the Investment Innovation Institute (i3). Read more

Tim Buckley’s presentation to the Institution of Engineers (India) June 2022 Forum, where he speaks to India’s world leading ambition for 450GW of renewable energy by 2030 in the context of global decarbonisation. Read more

[Note: Also see Media section for wide ranging commentary from CEF on the energy crisis] In this extensive interview at the height of the east coast energy crisis in Australia, Tim Buckley breaks down the causes and solutions, including the imperative to rapidly upscale decarbonisation. Read more

In this report by Sentient Impact Group and CEF, Tim Buckley details five strategic moves AGL must make to address its declining core business and ensure successful stewardship of the inevitable and accelerating energy transition. Read more

Tim Buckley’s presentation to the May 2022 National Energy Summit Read more