We explore the history and current status of green energy finance in Australia and New Zealand. Although both countries … have enviable renewable energy resources with a 100% renewable mix considered feasible, the two countries present highly … contrasting contexts for energy finance. Currently, and largely for historical reasons, renewables make up over 80% of the …

. Among our findings, we show that, in the absence of renewable energy sources and break-through technologies, meeting the …

: carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, emission reduction credits, clean energy standards, and fossil fuel subsidy reductions … ; Energy Subsidies ; Clean Energy Standards …

the decision calculus for these activities in the direction of more efficient generation and use of energy, lower carbon …-intensity of energy, and - more broadly - a more carbon-lean economy. The only approach to doing this on a meaningful scale that …-and-trade, and clean energy standards. We note that the U.S. political response to possible market-based approaches to climate policy …