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Shock at call for moratorium on ‘reckless renewables’
Climate Capital Forum responds to rally at Parliament House in Canberra, where politicians called for a moratorium on renewables and decarbonisation projects. Read more
Pre-Budget Submission 2024-25
The world is currently in a technology, trade and finance race as the global energy transition takes hold and we grapple with the growing impacts of climate change and climate risk. Read our detailed recommendations to the Australian government on how we can capitalise on the biggest investment, employment, and net export opportunities this century, by proactively building a strategic national response proportional to the investment opportunity. Read more
Wind shapes as valuable piece in modern energy jigsaw
Wind executive and Climate Capital Forum member Satya Tanner and CCF strategic comms lead Amanda Caldwell explain why offshore wind offers an option to supply large, stable electricity for major energy consumers and regional employers, making it a valuable component, particularly as we move to and beyond 82 per cent renewables. It also can help reframe, power and rebuild Australian regional communities, giving people a say through public consultation, partnering with First Nations, and different ways of asset ownership. Read more
Australia faces a big challenge to hit green targets
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
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
