Robert Friedland, a Renaissance man who founded several successful mining, technology and entertainment companies, speaks to host Erik Townsend openly about his views about the what, who and how of the global energy transition and meeting the energy demand of future generations.

About the episode

With world leaders rapidly reacting to climate change concerns, governments are developing policy to support the energy transition towards renewables and decarbonizing the world’s energy sources. How crucial are metals like aluminium, copper and nickel, to the global energy transition?

What to listen for

— Why copper will be the winning commodity in coming years

— Singapore wants to be the world leader in revolutionizing the market for trading clean energy

— Abaxx Technologies, a private startup to revolutionize electronic commodity markets