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Post MYEFO, there is no time to waste to step up the energy transition investment phase
Joint release with the Climate Energy Finance and Smart Energy Council: Incremental funding for Australia’s potential as a renewables driven critical minerals superpower of another $3bn in 2023 MYEFO does not come slightly near the scale and speed of investment and policy ambition that Australia needs. Read more
Nuclear energy is not viable for Australia in timeframe needed to address climate, energy and cost of living crisis
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This open letter addresses public discussion on nuclear power generation in Australia. There are a number of barriers that make nuclear unviable as a solution for Australia’s energy transition in a timeframe necessary to respond to the climate, energy and cost of living crises. Read more
What Australia Needs to Do to Get In and Stay In the Global Decarbonising Market
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Blair Palese, Founder of Climate Capital Forum and Freddy Sharpe, Philanthropist and Investor, presented to the Australian Climate Tech Festival & Awards 2023 in Sydney, November 2023 Read more
Why Anthony Albanese should absolutely be at APEC in San Francisco
Canberra Times
Blair Palese, founder of the Climate Capital Forum, on how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese being on the ground at APEC shows that Australia wants to be at the table with the other alliance members as they navigate global decarbonisation, and that we are committed to working with our regional neighbours in the Indo-Pacific. Read more
Australia faces a big challenge to hit green targets
The Australian
In The Australian’s Business Review section, Blair Palese outlines the need for government to provide the “big picture” as we transition to a decarbonised economy. Read more
An Australian Response to the US IRA
Climate Energy Finance (CEF) and the Climate Capital Forum (CCF) call for at least an extra $100bn of government strategic public-interest capital investment into an Australian Renewables Industry Package and value-adding critical minerals industry development to crowd in $200-300bn of private capital. This would be an appropriately ambitious response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), commensurate with Australia’s domestic and export opportunity. Read more
How renewable energy can be a vehicle for resilient communities and economy in Queensland
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Satya Tanner, CEO LAUTEC Australia and Climate Capital Forum member looks at energy resilience in context of national security and Queensland opportunities at Smart Energy Expo in Brisbane, 2023 Read more
The US IRA – one year on – August 2023
One year on from the introduction of the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US (aka the Green New Deal), a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s program to reindustrialise the nation and secure cleantech supply chains against a backdrop of increasing geopolitical tensions, particularly with China, which dominates the global shift to clean energy. Read more
OPINION – Why I formed a Climate Capital Forum in Australia and why every country needs to do the same
Climate & Capital Media
Climate Capital Forum Founder, Blair Palese, on her motivation to form the network, and why its work is so important. Read more
