About this episode

Tim Buckley discusses Australia's diesel addiction and the opportunities for green iron projects amidst climate policy challenges.

Highlights Adelaide Green iron conference Tim attends and presents at the WEF / Greenhouse green iron event, with almost 200 people from government, industry, think tanks and finance talking about the opportunities for green iron projects. A key need is for Australia to get a couple of proposals to FID and into construction, and this is a key opportunity should Australia win #COP31 – to announce bilateral agreements and public-private support for a German-Australia, a China-Australia and a Japan-Korea-Australia trilateral deal into FID. China's emissions down - Clean-energy growth helped China's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024. Lowlights Canberra - Not getting allocated funds off the table and out the door Energy Renaissance goes into receivership BHP BHP Results this past week shows a distinct lack of pressure for BHP to show any serious climate effort, claiming EV technologies aren't ready, and BHP has deferred any material investment till next decade! Main Story - Diesel Fuel Rebate subsidy reform CEF's new report on Diesel Fuel Rebate subsidy reform " Transition Tax…

People in this episode

Host: Grant McDowell

Guest: Tim Buckley

Topics covered

• diesel fuel rebate
• green iron projects
• decarbonisation
• clean energy
• climate policy
• electric vehicles

Keywords

• diesel fuel rebate
• green iron
• decarbonisation
• BHP
• clean energy
• COP31
• China emissions
• electric vehicles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BHP, CEF

Places: Australia, China, Germany, Japan, Korea

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