Tim Buckley

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Tim Buckley is the Director of Climate Energy Finance and has a further managerial background at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Head of research with Citigroup and co-founder of Arkx Investment Management, a global cleantech startup.

Tim Buckley

Apr 29 2022

The necessity of Chinese and global energy transition toward decarbonization

Illuminem Voices

Environmental Sustainability · Energy Transition

According to the United Nations, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the world "further off course" from the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, while Russia's restriction of gas flows into Europe has caused a rampant surge in fossil fuel prices. This, in turn, has raised concerns over energy security around the world, distracting and disrupting the globally agreed plans of COP26 to accelerate cooperation and ambition toward decarbonization.

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BlackRock has moved rapidly on climate – but Adani exposures remain a major obstacle

Tim Buckley

Dec 14 2021

BlackRock has moved rapidly on climate – but Adani exposures remain a major obstacle

Environmental Sustainability

One of the successes of the COP26 summit was the growth in the UN-convened Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero to a US$130 trillion of collective assets, almost double the total of just six months ago. Enforcement of the substance of this pledge comes next. And within that, BlackRock has moved massively on the issue of climate finance. But its exposure to the Adani group is a major inconsistency.

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Tim Buckley

Dec 14 2021