Australia is the world’s leading lithium producer and has significant copper, nickel and cobalt reserves, making it an important exporter of energy-transition resources. Together with its stable economy and growing population, its capacity to help the world shift to net zero is appealing to real estate investors, according to a report by Roger Parker, joint managing director with EG, which was published in the February issue of Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific. “Currently, trade figures are strong, unemployment rates remain close to record lows, and inflation is decreasing,” says Parker. “The resource-rich nation that has been traditionally dependent on the export of fossil-based energy resources is increasingly supporting the global transition to renewable energy to meet net-zero targets and transition away from fossil fuels.” To access a pdf of the Sponsored Section,