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| 'We have the most to benefit, but also the most to lose': how AI could transform human health | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:37:40 | |
Artificial intelligence has the potential to massively improve human health: from developing new drugs to providing more accurate diagnoses and helping people who live with severe disabilities. But AI also has the potential, if used wrongly or governed badly, to make life worse for people dealing with health problems. In this episode, we hear from people on the front lines of the technology. This episode was first published on 29 May, 2024. Radio Davos will resume new weekly podcasts from September 2024. Speakers:Victor Pineda, president and founder of the Victor Pineda Foundation/World ENABLED Alexandra Reeve Givens , CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology Chris Mansi, CEO, Viz.ai Daphne Koller, founder and CEO of Insitro Links:Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home AI Governance Alliance: https://initiatives.weforum.org/ai-governance-alliance/home Centre for Health and Healthcare: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-health-and-healthcare/ Related podcasts:AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech? What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments Quality over quantity: why the time has come for 'value based health care' Special Meeting 2024: Bridging the Health Gap Special Meeting 2024: AI Powered Industries Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub | |||
| In the age of the 'manosphere', what's the future for feminism? With Jude Kelly of the WOW Festival | 22 Aug 2024 | 00:37:07 | |
Theatre director Jude Kelly founded the Women of the World (WOW) Festival almost two decades ago to spur conversations about women, men and feminism. WOW is now a global phenomenon, but does the rise of online misogyny pose a threat to progress on gender equality. Jude Kelly, who spoke to Radio Davos on World Women's Day 2024, says why it is vital to include men in the conversations about an issue that affects us all. This episode was first published on 28 March, 2024. Radio Davos will resume new weekly podcasts from September 2024. Links:WOW Foundation: https://thewowfoundation.com/ Gender Gap Report: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2023/ Podcasts:How COVID and cost of living hit progress on equality: the Global Gender Gap Report 2023 The future of jobs requires a 'skills-first' mindset - for employers and for you Democracy can't flourish if women are excluded: Nazanin Boniadi on Iran at Davos 2023 Below the Belt: the movie that lifts the taboo on endometriosis Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub | |||
| The long game: how to understand China and how it sees its role in the world | 20 Jun 2024 | 00:31:39 | |
As the World Economic Forum convenes the 'Annual Meeting of the New Champions' in China, this expert helps us better understand how the Asian powerhouse sees its place in the world. With Markus Herrmann, the Swiss-Chinese co-founder of the China Macro Group consultancy. Links:Annual Meeting of the New Champions - Next Frontiers for Growth, 25–27 June 2024: wef.ch/amnc24 Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-regions-trade-and-geopolitics/ Related podcasts:Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics This founder climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro after a big pivot - and learned a key lesson about patience Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub | |||
| Running to save the world: the campaigners pushing their bodies to the limit for the environment | 25 Nov 2022 | 00:30:15 | |
Mina Guli is running 200 marathons in a year to raise awareness about water; Lewis Pugh swam across the Red Sea for climate change action. Meet the campaigners pushing their bodies to the limit in the hope of changing the world.
Guests: Lewis Pugh: https://lewispugh.com/ Hear a previous Radio Davos with him: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/top-ocean-experts-tell-radio-davos-their-hopes-for-cop26-climate-talks Also mentioned:https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/this-entrepreneur-is-aiming-to-reverse-his-carbon-footprint-here-s-how/ Related episodes: Matt Damon talks to Radio Davos about his work on water: The World Economic Forum's UpLiink platform is looking for innovative solutions on freshwater: Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club | |||
| Beyond COP27: Leaders on the Road Ahead | 22 Nov 2022 | 00:46:29 | |
Figures from business, government and civil society share their reflections on COP27, in a discussion hosted by the World Economic Forum just before the climate conference concluded. Speakers: Antonia Gawel, Head, Climate Change, World Economic Forum (moderator) Janet Ranganathan, Vice-President, Science and Research, World Resources Institute Jesper Brodin, Chief Executive Officer, Ingka Group (IKEA) James Mnyupe, Presidential Economic Adviser; Green Hydrogen Commissioner Office of the President of Namibia Anish Shah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Group Pato Kelesitse, climate activist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| How can innovation help solve the freshwater crisis? | 11 Nov 2022 | 00:22:57 | |
The water we drink and use to wash and irrigate our crops is precious, and becoming ever more so due to climate change.The World Economic Forum's UpLink platform wants to hear from you if you have innovative ideas on how to tackle the problem.On this episode, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCL Technologies which is backing the search for innovations, joins UpLink's Emanuela Orsini to discuss the issue.We also hear from entrepreneur Friso Klapwijk, whose company Wavin has created smart roofs to capture rainwater in cities. Guests: Emanuela Orsini, UpLink Digital Content Specialist at the World Economic Forum Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCL Technologies Friso Klapwijk, Global Director of Urban Climate Resilience, Wavin The Global Freshwater Challenge on UpLink: https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/uplink-issue/a002o0000173B6sAAE/global-freshwater-challenge Learn more about our innovators and other innovation challenges on UpLink: https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/uplink-freshwater-hcl-radio-davos-cop27
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| COP27: what to expect from the climate summit | 07 Nov 2022 | 00:28:41 | |
As COP27 begins in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Radio Davos looks at the main themes, and talks to the head of climate action at the World Economic Forum about the role of business. Guest: Antonia Gawel, head of climate action at the World Economic Forum Open letter from the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders: First Movers Coalition: https://www.weforum.org/first-movers-coalition Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda DialoguesJoin the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/cop27-public-private-first-movers-coalition | |||
| Radio Davos Podcast Club: 'Zero' from Bloomberg Green | 04 Nov 2022 | 00:29:12 | |
Zero is a new podcast from Bloomberg Green which looks at climate change and how we might use policy, technology and investment to achieve the huge reductions in greenhouse gas emissions needed to avert the worst of global warming. Speakers featured on clips from Zero: Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast ClubEpisode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/bloomberg-zero-climate-change-podcast-cop27 | |||
| Life on Mars and the birth of the universe: why space exploration is vital to humanity | 28 Oct 2022 | 00:46:07 | |
Humans are about to return to the Moon, and are working on a mission to Mars. Former NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan explains why space exploration is so important for humanity. And why it can help us protect our 'pale blue dot' of a planet.] Guest: Dr. Ellen Stofan, Under Secretary for Science and Research at The Smithsonian
More space from the Forum: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-space Other Radio Davos episodes on space: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/01/live-from-space-radio-davos Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/space-exploration-mars-moon-nasa-smithsonian | |||
| Gene therapy - how can poorer countries benefit from the most expensive drugs in the world? | 21 Oct 2022 | 00:34:02 | |
Gene therapy is one of the fastest growing areas of healthcare with over 2,000 therapies in development globally. The new techniques could challenge some of the world's most feared diseases, including HIV and cancer, But the enormous cost means poorer countries could miss out, and the fact that R&D is concentrated in richer countries means the therapies developed there might not always be suitable for use in other parts of the world. This episode of the Radio Davos podcast hears from a senior healthcare figure in Uganda on what needs to be done.
Speakers:
Cissy Kityo, Executive Director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Uganda Kevin Doxzen, Hoffmann Fellow, Precision Medicine and Emerging Biotechnologies, World Economic Forum
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| What in the world is a Chief eXploration Officer? Tencent's David Wallerstein says why the world needs CXOs | 12 Oct 2022 | 00:31:20 | |
Every big company has a Chief Executive Officer - a CEO - many have CFOs and COOs but how many have a CXO, a chief exploration officer? Davis Wallerstein is an American at a big Chinese tech firm, Tencent. He explains what he does as CXO and how sustainability is at the heart of what he is exploring around the world. A version of this interview was published as an episode of our sister podcast Meet the Leader.
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Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/chief-exploration-officer-tencent-wallerstein-radio-davos | |||
| Food and climate change - the vital, but often overlooked links between the two | 10 Oct 2022 | 00:50:12 | |
Food production has a huge impact on climate change. And climate change has a huge impact on our ability to produce the food we need. As the war in Ukraine creates additional challenges to the global food and energy markets, a panel of experts looks at ways food production and consumption can adapt to address some of these huge issues, This podcast is the audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2022. Participants: Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Geneva (moderator) Jason Bordoff, Co-Dean, Columbia Climate School; Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University Geraldine Matchett, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Royal DSM NV Sam Kass, Partner, Acre Venture Partners Máximo Torero. Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Watch the session here: https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2022/sessions/food-and-energy-tackling-a-global-resource-crisis Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/food-climate-energy-agenda-dialogues Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Catch up on all the action from the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Meeting 2022 at https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2022 and across social media, using the hashtag #SDIM22. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Inflation, recession? What next for the global economy? Three experts dig into the latest Chief Economists Outlook | 29 Sep 2022 | 00:35:20 | |
What's going on in the global economy? It is a question that the World Economic Forum's Community of Chief Economists seeks to answer every three months with its Chief Economists Outlook.For large parts of the world inflation is high and rising, cutting deep into people's real incomes - and posing dilemmas for policymakers in governments and central banks who want to stop prices spiraling but also want to avoid a deep, lengthy economic recession. So what will happen? In this episode we get the views of three experts: Rima Bhatia, Economic Adviser at Gulf International Bank in Bahrain Guy Miller, Chief Market Strategist at Zurich Insurance Santi Sathirathai, Chief Economist at the Singapore-based internet company Sea The audio was recorded at the launch of the Chief Economists Outlook which was hosted by the World Economic Forum's Adrian Monck and Saadia Zahidi. Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/chief-economists-outlook-inflation-recession-sept-2022 | |||
| Why we need a sprint towards gender parity: the Global Gender Gap Report 2024 | 18 Jun 2024 | 00:16:38 | |
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries' efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception in 2006. Forum Managing Director Saadia Zahidi talks us through the main finding of the Global Gender Gap Report 2024 and how she sees the progress and challenges in closing the gender gap worldwide. Links:Global Gender Gap Report 2024: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2024/ Centre for New Economy and Society: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-new-economy-and-society/ Related podcasts:Cyber has a skills gap. How approaches to tech, hiring – and retaining women - can help In the age of the 'manosphere', what's the future for feminism? With Jude Kelly of the WOW Festival What workers really want - and how it can bridge the gender gap: Reshma Saujani, Moms First Executive coaches share how promotions really happen - and what's needed to tackle the gender gap Davos 2023: Women's Leadership: Towards Parity in Power Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub | |||
| Tackling disinformation - how can we combat the lies that go viral? | 29 Sep 2022 | 00:44:01 | |
Disinformation is not new. Examples of disinformation and so-called fake news campaigns are plentiful. But with increasing fears about the cost of living – exacerbated by the pandemic and the energy crisis – it is now more critical than ever to tackle disinformation head-on.This podcast contains the audio from an Agenda Dialogue discussion at the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2022 on how the public, regulators and social media companies can collaborate to increase online safety. Participants: Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Geneva (moderator) Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations Rachel Smolkin, Senior Vice-President, Global News, CNN Digital Worldwide Claire Wardle, Professor, Brown University School of Public Health Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/tackling-disinformation-agenda-dialogues Watch the session: https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2022/sessions/tackling-disinformation Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Catch up on all the action from the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Meeting 2022 at https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2022 and across social media, using the hashtag #SDIM22. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Inflation: how can we tame it? | 23 Sep 2022 | 00:28:08 | |
Inflation is a major concern around the world - for economic policymakers, for companies and for all of us who are seeing prices rise faster than our incomes.We've covered the issue on several previous episodes of Radio Davos - see links below. On this episode we hear from two experts who appeared on a video show hosted by Abhinav Chugh who works in the World Economic Forum's Strategic Intelligence platform, which joins the dots between the multitude of causes and effects that impact our world.The audio you are about to hear is from the video series called Our World in Transformation that Strategic Intelligence puts out to the World Economic Forum's digital members every two weeks, and, as you'll hear, some of the questions he puts to the guests are from those members. You can sign up at the website www.weforum.org/join-us/home
On this episode, Abhinav speaks to Sandra Phlippen, Chief Economist at ABN AMRO bank, and Erik Peterson, partner and managing director at the consultancy Kearney. He starts with a look at the 2 percent inflation target that many central banks try to achieve -- with inflation in the US and Europe around 8 or 9% at present, he asks Sandra Phlippen if she thinks inflation can be wrestled down to that 2% level by next year.
Previous episodes on related topics:
Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda DialoguesJoin the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/inflation-central-banks-abnamro-kearny-radio-davos | |||
| As COP27 approaches, where does a fractured world stand on climate change? | 22 Sep 2022 | 00:42:28 | |
In the run-up to the next climate summit, COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, World Economic Forum President Børge Brende convened a panel of experts at the Sustainable Development Impact Meeting 2022 to take stock of global efforts to tackle the crisis.This Agenda Dialogues episode is the full audio of that session. Participants: Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt Svein Tore Holsether, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yara International ASA Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bezos Earth Fund Watch the session here:https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2022/sessions/the-geo-economics-of-climate-change Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/cop27-climate-change-sdim-agenda-dialogues Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos Meet the Leader WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast ClubCatch up on all the action from the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Meeting 2022 at https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2022 and across social media, using the hashtag #SDIM22. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| What are Young Global Leaders, and how are they tackling the world's biggest challenges? | 16 Sep 2022 | 00:31:20 | |
What's the connection between Jimmy Wales, Amal Clooney, Emmanuel Macron, Jacinda Ardern and will.i.am? Answer? They're all Young Global Leaders. So what are 'YGLs' and how does being part of that group help people - with diverse backgrounds and world views - work for the greater public good? On this episode of Radio Davos we talk to the person who leads the Forum of Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum, and to three alumni who each work in very different sectors and parts of the world.
Guests: Fatoumata Ba, Founder & Executive Chair of Janngo Capital Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications at Government of the United Arab Emirates Lara Setrakian, Journalist and Entrepreneur Reporting by Greta Ruffino More information: https://www.younggloballeaders.org/ Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/young-global-leaders-ygl-radio-davos | |||
| Financial inclusion - how increased access to banking is lifting people out of poverty | 09 Sep 2022 | 00:27:33 | |
1.4 billion adults have no access to banking - that means it's harder for them to save, to borrow, to send money or to start a business - than for those of us that do.Our guest on Radio Davos is an expert on the global state of people's access to financial services, who helped create the Global Findex database, a huge survey on financial inclusion Leora Klapper, a Lead Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Research Team of the Development Research Group at the World Bank, has a truly global view of this issue. She tells Radio Davos why financial inclusion - which is, fortunately, on the rise - can be crucial in eliminating poverty and improving lives.
Also mentioned on this podcast: The Global Covid-19 Fintech Market Impact and Industry Resilience Study from the World Economic Forum, with data from 1,448 fintech firms from 192 countries. Host: Robin Pomeroy Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/financial-inclusion-findex-radio-davos-world-bank-economist
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| Carbon offsets - how do they work, and who sets the rules? | 02 Sep 2022 | 00:34:49 | |
Carbon offsets are when a polluting company buys a carbon credit to make up for the greenhouse gas it has emitted. The money should be used to fund action somewhere in the world that removes the same amount of carbon out of the air, or to prevent carbon emissions.
Forests for Climate report due out in second half of September 2022: www.weforum.org/forests-for-climate Links: | |||
| Space, cyberspace and climate change: the best of Radio Davos over the last year | 04 Aug 2022 | 00:44:58 | |
Radio Davos is the weekly podcast from the World Economic Forum that looks at the world's biggest challenges and how we might solve them. This episode looks at some of our best stories from the last 12 months, and we hear from our sister podcasts, Meet the Leader, Agenda Dialogues, and the new World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast. Guests include: Samantha Cristoforetti, astronaut
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/radio-davos-best-of-world-economic-forum-podcasts | |||
| Ukraine's history, and why it matters | 29 Jul 2022 | 00:40:35 | |
If we want to understand the war in Ukraine, and why it matters to the world, we need to know its history, says Yale Professor Timothy Snyder. The American historian, whose books include 'Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin' and 'On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century', is interviewed by World Economic Forum Social Video Producer Kateryna Gordiychuk. Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/timothy-snyder-ukraine-history lmWILMFMueFLGnNA6OhU
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| 'BookTok': how social media changed how we read books | 22 Jul 2022 | 00:24:30 | |
Laura Battle, Deputy Books Editor at the Financial Times, tells us how social media, especially #BookTok, has changed the global publishing industry and gives her own recommendations for summer reading. And Ella Berthoud, a 'bibliotherapist' who uses the power of books to help people through tough times and who wrote 'The Novel Cure: An A to Z of Literary Remedies' lists her favourite escapist fiction. The interviews in this episode were previously published on the World Economic Forum Bookclub Podcast. Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/book-club-summer-books-2022 Join the Book Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldeconomicforumbookclub And the Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub wef.ch/podcasts | |||
| How we can close the global gender gap - and why we should | 13 Jul 2022 | 00:27:18 | |
The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap report collates data on gender equality from 146 countries looking at the opportunities and obstacles for women, in the workplace, in education, business and politics. The Forum's Saadia Zahidi talks us through the highlights and explains why we will all win if societies can close the gender gap.Read the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2022
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| What are the 'positive tipping points' that could help us accelerate out of climate disaster? | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:21:20 | |
Climate 'tipping points' are the dangerous phenomena that could suddenly make climate change even worse than it is already: melting ice sheets that could change ocean currents, thawing permafrost that releases vast amounts of methane, or rainforests turning into dry savannah - events that could completely destabilise the global environment and would be hard or impossible to reverse. But, according to a growing number of climate scientists, there is also the prospect of 'positive tipping points'. Things that can happen to speed up the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in ways that humanity has so far failed to achieve. One of those is Tim Lenton, Professor of Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter. As you will hear in the interview, other climate experts use terms such as 'social tipping points' or 'sensitive intervention points' - Professor Lenton says these are similar concepts that altogether should dispel the notion that we are doomed by climate change. Links:First Movers Coalition: wef.ch/fmc Tim Lenton at the University of Exeter: https://geography.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/?web_id=timothy_lenton Related Podcasts:Davos 2024: First Movers for Frontier Clean Technologies Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero Davos 2024: Transforming Energy Demand How to talk to a climate change sceptic Related videos:Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub | |||
| Space - how advances up there can help life down here | 01 Jul 2022 | 00:24:56 | |
What are humans doing in space and why are we talking about bases on the Moon or missions to Mars when there is so much here on Earth that requires our immediate attention? We hear from two people involved in the business of space - one of whom visited space last year, the other who is convinced there will be a city of 1 million humans on Mars. And we link up with the International Space Station to speak to astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. | |||
| Global Cybersecurity Outlook | 01 Jul 2022 | 00:43:39 | |
The World Economic Forum's Global Cybersecurity Outlook report indicates that cyberattacks increased 125% globally in 2021, with evidence suggesting a continued uptick through 2022. In this fast-changing landscape it is vital for leaders to take a strategic approach to cyber risks.How can leaders better prepare for future cyber shocks? What individual and collective actions will foster a more secure and resilient digital ecosystem?This is the full audio from a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos Moderator: Karen Tso, CNBC InternationalSpeakers: Jürgen Stock, Secretary-General, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information of Singapore Chander Prakash Gurnani, Chief Executive Officer, Tech Mahindra Limited Robert M. Lee, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Dragos Read the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022 here: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2022/ MQfQRlLoEAblkg1xPDBC Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/global-cybersecurity-outlook-davos-2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Four-Day Week: Necessity or Luxury? | 23 Jun 2022 | 00:46:22 | |
Why do we work five days a week? Could we be just as productive, and healthier and happier working four days? Experts from government, academia and industry debate the issue at Davos 2022. Speakers: Adam Grant, Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Ohood Bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future, United Arab Emirates Government Jonas Prising, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ManpowerGroup Inc. Hilary Cottam, Social Entrepreneur, Centre for the Fifth Social Revolution Anne-Marie Slaughter, Chief Executive Officer, New America Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/06/four-day-work-week-davos-2022 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Can the world avoid stagflation? | 23 Jun 2022 | 00:31:10 | |
Greg Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon, talks about the multiple challenges facing the global economy and gives his view on, among other things, whether the global slowdown and rising inflation will combine to create the dreaded 'stagflation'. Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/06/gregory-daco-ey-parthenon-chief-economist-stagflation Join us on the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub
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| 'We are in a geopolitical recession' - Ian Bremmer on globalization, populism and the power of crisis | 18 Jun 2022 | 00:27:33 | |
Ian Bremmer, author and founder of the research and consulting firm Eurasia Group, says while many of the global bodies created after the Second World War are no longer fit to cope with today's crises, the size of those crises themselves, might compel them to reform and renew. | |||
| Davos 2022: How to finance net zero | 16 Jun 2022 | 01:00:55 | |
Can banks and investors shift to climate-friendly business in a way that will have a global impact on slashing greenhouse gases? This panel discussion at Davos 2022 goes into the details of this complex but crucial part of the fight against climate catastrophe. Speakers: Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance Anne Richards, Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity International Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Celine Herweijer, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, HSBC David Schwimmer, Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange Group Moderator: Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dance or die: the ballet dancer who faced down Al Qaeda to become the voice of stateless refugees | 10 Jun 2022 | 00:27:21 | |
Ahmad Joudeh, a dancer with the Dutch National Ballet, performed at Davos 2022. We hear how he fended off violent opposition to his dancing from his own father and Islamist militants, and how he is using his platform to speak up for million of people who, like him, grow up as stateless refugees. | |||
| What's next for the global economy? Experts talk inflation, stagnation and (de-)globalisation at Davos 2022 | 09 Jun 2022 | 01:01:17 | |
On this panel at Davos 2022: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Jane Fraser, Chief Executive Officer, Citi François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Central Bank of France David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group Moderator: Geoff Cutmore, Anchor, CNBC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Is globalization dead? Author and columnist Thomas Friedman in conversation at Davos 2022 | 02 Jun 2022 | 00:26:32 | |
With every crisis people declare the end of globalization, but Thomas Friedman argues that, despite war, economic uncertainty and unrest, there are many reasons to believe globalization is stronger than ever. This is the audio of a conversation he had with World Economic Forum Managing Director Adrian Monck at the Forum's Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| So just what is the metaverse? Meta's Nick Clegg at Davos 2022 | 02 Jun 2022 | 00:23:26 | |
Nick Clegg, president for global affairs at Meta, came into the Radio Davos booth to explain his new role at the parent company of Facebook, and to set out his vision of the metaverse and why we need to ensure now that it will be a place people can move around freely and not be locked in to any one company's version of what he says is the inevitable, 'logical evolution' of the internet. | |||
| 'We have the most to benefit, but also the most to lose': how AI could transform human health | 29 May 2024 | 00:37:17 | |
Artificial intelligence has the potential to massively improve human health: from developing new drugs to providing more accurate diagnoses and helping people who live with severe disabilities. But AI also has the potential, if used wrongly or governed badly, to make life worse for people dealing with health problems. In this episode, we hear from people on the front lines of the technology. Speakers:Victor Pineda, president and founder of the Victor Pineda Foundation/World ENABLED Alexandra Reeve Givens , CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology Chris Mansi, CEO, Viz.ai Daphne Koller, founder and CEO of Insitro Links:Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home AI Governance Alliance: https://initiatives.weforum.org/ai-governance-alliance/home Centre for Health and Healthcare: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-health-and-healthcare/ Related podcasts:AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech? What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments Quality over quantity: why the time has come for 'value based health care' Special Meeting 2024: Bridging the Health Gap Special Meeting 2024: AI Powered Industries Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub | |||
| Day 4 at Davos 2022, with Gita Gopinath of the IMF | 26 May 2022 | 00:31:58 | |
On the final day of the Meeting, Peter Prengaman, climate and environmental news director at the Associated Press, gives us his impressions of his first Davos. We hear the IMF's Gita Gopinath and others on the prospects for global growth; we find out what schoolgirls in a refugee camp in Kenya want to hear from leaders at Davos; and hear acclaimed musicians Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax at the Davos concert 'Our Shared Humanity'. | |||
| What next for global growth? | 25 May 2022 | 00:46:28 | |
The recovery from the COVID-19 crisis has been deeply uneven within and between countries, depending on their access to fiscal resources and vaccines. Food, fuel and resource crises now risk further derailing an equitable recovery. How can a broader set of foundations for growth ensure long-term economic prosperity and a return to international convergence? This is the full audio from a panel discussion at Davos 2022 with Tom Keene, Managing Editor, Bloomberg Television & Radio; Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman, Siemens AG; Mariana Mazzucato, Professor, University College London (UCL); Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Day 3 at Davos 2022, with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and artist Harry Yeff | 25 May 2022 | 00:38:55 | |
Shereen Bhan, managing editor of Indian business news channel CNBC-TV18, joins us to look ahead to Day 3 when climate change is a major topic. We also get the latest on COVID-19 and the risk of future pandemics. Plus artist Harry Yeff on the emotional impact of turning a voice into a work of digital art.
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| Day 2 at Davos 2022, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | 24 May 2022 | 00:21:32 | |
Enrique Acevedo. news anchor at CBS news, joins us in the Radio Davos booth to look ahead to the highlights on Day 2 of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2022. We also hear some of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address, get an advance glimpse of the Forum's Travel & Tourism Development Index, hear political scientist Ian Bremmer on why the world is in a 'geopolitical recession', and chat to YouTuber Nuseir Yassin who plans to encapsulate the whole week in Davos in a one-minute video for his 8 million subscribers.
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| Day 1 at Davos 2022, with Nick Clegg of Meta and Kristalina Georgieva of the IMF | 23 May 2022 | 00:23:29 | |
What's happening on Day 1 of Davos 2022? South African TV anchor Nzinga Qunta joins us in the booth at the heart of the conference centre to look ahead to some of the highlights to expect. The episode includes contributions from:
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| Davos 2022 - what to expect from this meeting like no other | 21 May 2022 | 00:15:30 | |
The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting, bringing leaders and experts together from around the world, traditionally happens in January. But for the first time, thanks to COVID-19, the Davos meeting is being held in May. But as Forum President Borge Brende says in this preview podcast, the absence of snow is not the main reason this Davos will be like no other. | |||
| What's going on with the global economy? A chief economist's view | 19 May 2022 | 00:31:53 | |
As the world began to emerge from the pandemic, we were expecting some turbulence, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine has upset all predictions. Global Chief Economist at HSBC Janet Henry gives her assessment of where we are and where we're headed. | |||
| Energy transition - have global crises stalled progress on climate goals? | 11 May 2022 | 00:39:14 | |
The World Economic Forum has been tracking global progress on the 'energy transition' for a decade and has just released a special report, Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022, looking at where things stand at this extraordinary moment in history. The transition is the move away from fossil fuels that cause the climate crisis, while ensuring people around the world can get access to reliable, affordable energy. In this podcast, we listen in on a discussion of the issues, with Roberto Bocca, head of the Platform for Shaping the Future of Energy, Materials, and Infrastructure at the World Economic Forum. The other panelists are Muqsit Ashraf, Senior Managing Director and Global Energy Lead, Accenture; Dev Sanyal, Chief Executive Officer, VARO Energy, and Jesse Scott, International Director, Agora Energiewende and Adjunct Professor, Hertie School. The moderator is journalist John Defterios.
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| Podcasts from #WEF22 in Davos - an audio tour | 09 May 2022 | 00:03:00 | |
Radio Davos and its sister podcast Meet the Leader are podcasting from the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland 22—26 May 2022. Here's a three-minute tour of the Forum's podcasts, including out other titles, Book Club and Agenda Dialogues. | |||
| Ukraine, inflation and pandemics: the big issues in a changed world, according to historian Adam Tooze | 29 Apr 2022 | 00:22:00 | |
Adam Tooze, history professor at Columbia University, looks forward to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting to be held in Davos in May 2022. The podcaster and author sets out the big issues that will dominate Davos and the global agenda in the months that follow.
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| Tourism is bouncing back - but can we make travel sustainable? | 21 May 2024 | 01:01:37 | |
With the pandemic well behind us, international travel has bounced back. The World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Development Index, a major survey of the state of the sector, gives a clear picture of how things look around the world. Maksim Soshkim, who leads much of the Forum's work on the issue tells us the headlines, and Jacqueline Gifford, Editor-in-Chief of Travel + Leisure magazine, gives her take on the state of the travel scene. One of the key areas the TTDI looks at is sustainability - the impact of travel and tourism on the environment and local communities. And in this episode we hear from two people engaged in making tourism more sustainable: a hotel company taking action across its supply chain, and the head of tourism for Rwanda, where income from foreign visitors helps conserve a unique ecosystem and its endangered mountain gorillas. Speakers: Maksim Soshkin, Centre for Energy and Materials, World Economic Forum Jacqueline Gifford, Editor-in-Chief, Travel + Leisure Neil Jacobs, CEO, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas Michaella Rugwizangoga, Chief Tourism Officer, Rwanda Links:Travel and Tourism Development Index: Global Future Council on the Future of Sustainable Tourism: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-sustainable-tourism/ Related podcasts:Where are the innovations that can make mining more sustainable? It's cheaper to save the world than destroy it: author Akshat Rathi on Climate Capitalism "Not just sticks of carbon" - how growing trees for the climate must also benefit biodiversity Davos 2024: Addressing the North-South Schism Thumbnail photo: Samrat Khadka on Unsplash Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub | |||
| ESG - how can we measure how 'good' companies are? | 22 Apr 2022 | 00:21:55 | |
ESG is an acronym that's on everyone's lips in the business world. But just what do we mean by the 'environmental, social and governance' performance of a company, and how can we measure that in a meaningful way?
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| Antimicrobial resistance - how to stop a quiet pandemic | 14 Apr 2022 | 00:32:53 | |
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics kills between 1.25-5 million people every year. So why is antimicrobial resistance (AMR) not given the priority or funding that some other health problems receive?
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| What are sanctions, and what will be the impact of sanctions on Russia? | 08 Apr 2022 | 00:25:15 | |
As opponents to Russia's invasion of Ukraine seek to isolate Moscow, we ask an expert: what are sanctions, do they work, and how will the sanctions and Russia's counter measures change the geopolitical landscape?
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