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CEF in the media  |  Nov 7, 2022

What’s expected to happen at COP27?

Triple J Hack

Tim Buckley breaks down expectations for COP27, with compensation for the climate change loss and damage suffered by poorer nations top of the agenda this year. (at 21:25). Read more
CEF in the media  |  Nov 4, 2022

Pressure mounting on $318b energy giant that says it cares about climate

Sydney Morning Herald

Despite the very real problem of greenwash, Tim Buckley remains hopeful that some leading fossil fuel companies will pivot to play their part in reducing climate change via ongoing scrutiny from consumers, shareholders and authorities, and ongoing investment in the financial and technology sectors. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Nov 3, 2022

Australia’s playbook to become a renewable mineral superpower 

Climate & Capital Media

CEF’s Tim Buckley and Matt Pollard explore how Australia’s new Labor government has set its sights on 21st-century gold: value adding our world leading supplies of lithium and rare earth minerals. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Nov 3, 2022

Energy efficiency tips to fortify your home as climate change warms the planet

Canberra Times

Tim Buckley says Australia’s energy crisis predicament could have been avoided by policy certainty around renewable energy. “We really need to see the $20 billion ‘rewiring the nation program’ implemented at speed”. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Nov 2, 2022

Nowhere for polluters to hide: Satellites track power station emissions in real-time

Renew Economy

Tim Buckley says the current reporting of emissions data by the Clean Energy Regulator is ad hoc and partial and “having real time satellite data by facility, that is independent and transparent, would be a huge step up.” Read more
CEF in the media  |  Nov 2, 2022

Drop the defeatism. From Lula to renewables, there’s reason for hope on climate

Yahoo UK

Tim Buckley comments on China’s leadership on decarbonisation in this positive international story on the progress being made to a better future. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Oct 31, 2022

Gas exporters in frame as government looks for revenue boost

Sydney Morning Herald

Tim Buckley says the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax, designed to raise revenue from multinational gas producers making superprofits, is structurally flawed and predicts a Treasury review currently underway will find that it is not operating in the national interest. The Treasurer has undertaken to carefully consider the advice as pressure for a solution to the gas price crisis ramps up. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Oct 31, 2022

State and federal support key to Australia becoming a critical minerals super power

Renew Economy

In #6 in CEF’s series on critical minerals, Matt Pollard and Tim Buckley review key Australian public financial capital initiatives and their role in accelerating Australia’s critical mineral supply chain value-adding projects, with a focus on key examples. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Oct 31, 2022

Andrews seeks gas reserve as premiers divided on power price cap

The Australian

Tim Buckley’s discussion on Sky News Afternoon Agenda with Kieran Gilbert on gas in this story in The Australian: “We have a gas cartel, according to the ACCC – 90 per cent of the gas reserves in eastern Australia are controlled by three consortia, which have ramped up the price on the east coast tenfold, 1000 per cent, in the last three, four, five years and we are now paying above export price parity”. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Oct 30, 2022

COP27: As nations head for Egypt climate summit, some signs of hope

Sydney Morning Herald

In his piece foreshadowing next month’s COP 27 and tracking global progress on decarbonisation, Nine/Fairfax environment editor quotes Tim Buckley on China: while it leads the world in coal use, it also leads in “wind and solar installation and manufacturing, EV production, batteries, hydro, nuclear, ground heat pumps, grid transmission and distribution, green hydrogen, literally every zero-emissions technology today.” Read more
CEF in the media  |  Oct 28, 2022

Curtain call for fossil fuels: IEA says Ukraine war locks in shift to renewables

Renew Economy

Tim Buckley calls on Australian governments and industry to note the IEA’s forecast for the ongoing structural decline of coal, modelling up to a 45% decline globally by 2030. The agency also highlights the structural demand for key critical minerals and hence the opportunity for Australia as a world leader in critical mineral resources. Read more
CEF in the media  |  Oct 28, 2022

IEA forecasts fossil fuel demand to peak by mid ’20s

The Australian

As fossil fuels peak before 2030 and then decline, Tim Buckley notes that the IEA’s 2022 World Energy Outlook says a huge increase in energy investment, to above $4 trillion per year, is essential to reduce the risks of future energy price spikes and volatility, and to get on track for net zero emissions by 2050. Read more

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