Green Energy Statecraft Project with Professor Thurbon - Trade Policy Decoded

By Elizabeth Thurbon

Is America's recent energy transition regression 'inconsequential'?

That's what I argue - with some very important qualifiers of course - in this new episode of Trade Policy Decoded, with the wonderful Prudence Gordon and Peter Draper of the Australian Centre for International Trade and Investment.

Was such a joy to join this conversation; we covered such a lot of ground about Australia's energy transition imperative and the enormous energy, economic, environmental, social and geostrategic rewards on offer - if we govern the transition more strategically.

As we say at the Green Energy Statecraft Project: the energy transition can be a massive national security multiplier - if we play our cards right. But it will require a much more strategic and integrated approach to national economic, energy and environmental policymaking. It's worth every effort - the potential benefits to the nation are transformative and profound.

I also elaborated on these ideas in some lively panels at the recent Davos meeting, digging a bit deeper into the ways in which the actions of China and the US are shaping Australia's energy transition opportunities.