What happens when finance, climate policy, China, data centres and the energy transition all collide?

In this episode, we sit down with Tim Buckley, clean energy finance analyst and founder of Climate Energy Finance, for a wide-ranging conversation about the money behind the global energy transition.

Tim takes us from his early career in financial research and forensic company analysis to carbon pricing, corporate governance, superannuation, ESG, Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, China's manufacturing scale, green steel, batteries, data centres and Australia's opportunity to become a clean-energy powerhouse.

This is a conversation about how capital actually moves, why incentives matter, why governance matters and why the energy transition will ultimately be shaped by economics as much as engineering.

What we cover:

✅ Finance vs accounting and how analysts read companies
✅ Corporate governance, CEOs and shareholder value
✅ Carbon pricing and the safeguard mechanism
✅ Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions
✅ Australia's superannuation capital and clean-energy investment
✅ China's batteries, solar, EVs, robots and manufacturing scale
✅ Green iron, green steel and Australia's export opportunity
✅ Data centres, electricity demand and renewable PPAs
✅ Batteries, grid infrastructure and electrification
✅ Why long-term thinking matters in the energy transition