Tim Buckley: Our clean-energy export advantage, budget winners and investment pathways

We’ve long heard the arguments for how and why Australia should be a leader in renewable energy and decarbonisation, and finally, in the 2024 budget, we saw the Treasurer take decisive action, and chart a course for Australia to become a clean energy superpower. Of course we’re not there yet, but on the show today I’m joined by Tim Buckley, an esteemed climate commentator who says the latest batch of government funding is a decent down-payment, on a clean-energy future for Australia. I’m excited to have Tim Buckley with us today, there’s no-one better to help us decipher the climate outcomes from the latest budget. Tim is the founder and director of Clean Energy Finance, a think-tank that’s laser-focussed on research and advocacy to accelerate the decarbonisation of the Australian economy. He’s worked in finance for more than 30 years, and was previously the Australasian Director of the global Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Early in his career he worked at Macquarie group in equity research, and since then he’s been Head of Equity Research in Singapore at Deutsche Bank, and Managing Director, Head of Equity Research at Citigroup. You can find all the show notes and links on the website at www.Johntreadgold.com Plus, that’s where you can sign up to my newsletter, your regular feed of impact investing and climate-finance news, as well as fresh startups and investment deals. Sign up, and follow along. Enjoy the show!