

SmarterMarkets™
Abaxx Technologies Inc.
SmarterMarkets™ brings you the entrepreneurs, icons, and executives of commodities, capital markets, and technology to rant on the inadequacies of our systems and riff on ideas for how to improve them. Our weekly episodes explore how technology can be leveraged to redesign and improve markets to meet society’s biggest challenges, including climate change and the energy transition.
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Mar 11, 2023 • 56min
Carbon Frontiers Episode 4 | Svenja Telle, Director of Origination, Base Carbon
We continue our Carbon Frontiers series with Svenja Telle, Director of Origination at Base Carbon.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Svenja to discuss the vital role of carbon removal in achieving our global emissions reduction targets. Together, they cover the strengths of technology-based carbon removals, the importance of community engagement and co-benefits in project design, and the need for transparent and scalable MRV solutions to ensure the quality of carbon credits.
As the market continues to evolve, it's becoming increasingly clear that market maturation relies on improved MRV capabilities and project quality to build trust, quantify results, and guarantee the quality characteristics of carbon projects and their resulting credits.
Svenja and David map out the range of opportunities in climate finance and carbon investments, discussing how these investments not only facilitate our transition to netzero, but also mitigate climate and operational risk while improving organizational strength.

Mar 4, 2023 • 41min
Carbon Frontiers Episode 3 | Nat Bullard, Venture Partner, Voyager Ventures and Senior Contributor, BloombergNEF
For our third installment of Carbon Frontiers, we welcome Nat Bullard into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Nat is Venture Partner at Voyager Ventures and Senior Contributor at BloombergNEF. He recently collected his thoughts on decarbonization in a 140-page presentation deck, capturing the state of climate and covering how we got to now, where we are going, what’s new, and how to approach what's next. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nat to talk about the long view, trends, and transience in our pursuit of netzero.

Feb 25, 2023 • 34min
Carbon Frontiers Episode 2 | Peter Fusaro, Founder, Wall Street Green Summit and Founder & Chairman, Global Change Associates
We continue our Carbon Frontiers series with Peter Fusaro, the founder of the Wall Street Green Summit, which brings together the leading practitioners in sustainability with the goal of building a more sustainable finance system for responsible investing and the changing role of business.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss where we are in our decarbonization journey in preparation for the 22nd annual Wall Street Green Summit.

Feb 18, 2023 • 40min
Carbon Frontiers Episode 1 | David Shukman, Journalist & Former Science Editor, BBC
We kick off our new Carbon Frontiers series with David Shukman, a distinguished journalist and the former science editor of the BBC, where he reported from the climate frontlines for over 20 years.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Shukman to catch up on his continuing experiences on the frontlines of climate, government policy, corporate action, and science.

Feb 11, 2023 • 49min
A Smarter Way Episode 5 | Ben Hunt, Author of Epsilon Theory & Co-Founder/CIO, Second Foundation Partners
We conclude our A Smarter Way series with Ben Hunt, author of Epsilon Theory & Co-Founder/CIO of Second Foundation Partners. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Ben to discuss how the narratives and stories we tell ourselves shape our decisions and may be one of our biggest obstacles to finding a smarter way forward.

Feb 4, 2023 • 1h 3min
A Smarter Way Episode 4 | Rob Dannenberg, Former Chief of Central Eurasia Division, CIA
We welcome Rob Dannenberg into the SmarterMarkets™ studio as we continue our A Smarter Way series. Rob is the former Chief of the Central Eurasia Division at the CIA. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Rob to discuss how understanding how our adversaries think is the first step in finding smarter ways to navigate an increasingly risky geopolitical environment.

Jan 28, 2023 • 43min
A Smarter Way Episode 3 | Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor, Semafor
We’re joined this week by Liz Hoffman, Business & Finance Editor at Semafor and the author of the forthcoming book Crash Landing: The Inside Story of How the World's Biggest Companies Survived an Economy on the Brink.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Liz to discuss how to provide trustworthy financial news to an interconnected world with increasingly divergent and competing viewpoints.

Jan 21, 2023 • 37min
A Smarter Way Episode 2 | Keith McCullough, Founder & CEO, Hedgeye
We continue our series A Smarter Way with Keith McCullough, the Founder & CEO of Hedgeye. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Keith to discuss the lessons of FTX and the state of financial advice on traditional and social media.

Jan 14, 2023 • 26min
A Smarter Way Episode 1 | Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance, University of Houston
This week, we kick off our new series, A Smarter Way, exploring better paths forward to solve our concurrent crises of commodities and climate.
Our first guest in the series is Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance at the University of Houston. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Craig to examine both the implications of and alternatives to Europe's recent decision to move forward with energy price caps.

Jan 7, 2023 • 40min
Energy Investing in 2023 | Arjun Murti, Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack
We kick off the new year with Arjun Murti, the Former Head of Energy Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and the Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Arjun to discuss some of the big issues facing energy investors in 2023.