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Radio Davos
How do we solve the world's biggest challenges? From climate change to inequality; the rise of big tech and rapid changes in how we live and work. Radio Davos talks to the people who have the ideas, the passion and the power to make change happen in a way that benefits all of us.
Episodes
Radio DavosDay 1 at Davos 2022, with Nick Clegg of Meta and Kristalina Georgieva of the IMF
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…
Radio DavosDavos 2022 - what to expect from this meeting like no other
The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting, bringing leaders and experts together from around the world, traditionally happens in January. But for the first…
Radio DavosWhat's going on with the global economy? A chief economist's view
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…
Radio DavosEnergy transition - have global crises stalled progress on climate goals?
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…
Radio DavosPodcasts from #WEF22 in Davos - an audio tour
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…
Radio DavosUkraine, inflation and pandemics: the big issues in a changed world, according to historian Adam Tooze
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…
Radio DavosESG - how can we measure how 'good' companies are?
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…
Radio DavosAntimicrobial resistance - how to stop a quiet pandemic
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…
Radio DavosWhat are sanctions, and what will be the impact of sanctions on Russia?
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…
Radio DavosRansomware and ransom-war: why we all need to be ready for cyber attacks
It's boomtime for cyber criminals trying to make easy money by taking computer data hostage and demanding ransom. As online working durged during the pandemic…
Radio DavosCOP26 President Alok Sharma on the future of climate action in a fractured world
The climate summit COP26 was seen as a qualified success. As COP27, due to be held in Egypt by the end of the year, draws closer, and in the light of the…
Radio DavosHow the Ukraine war is driving up food and energy prices for the world
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having big, and potentially long-lasting impacts on the global supplies of food and energy. Saad Rahim, Chief Economist at…
Radio DavosThe humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and its global impacts
As war rages in Ukraine, leaders from global humanitarian agencies join a World Economic Forum Agenda Dialogue to say what they need from governments and…
Radio DavosUkraine: war, refugees and an energy system under attack
How is Ukraine managing to keep electricity and heating supplies during the war? Government and industry chiefs address a World Economic Forum online event to…
Radio DavosAl Gore on the decade of climate action
The former US vice president has been pushing for climate action for decades. In this interview he says we are at a 'political tipping point' after which…
Radio DavosDon't Look Up
Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam McKay tells us how angst about climate change compelled him to make Don't Look Up, an epic comedy disaster movie about humanity's…
Radio DavosInflation - is it back to stay?
As the world emerges from COVID, economies are revving back to life - but so is something that many parts of the world have not seen much of for decades -…
Radio DavosA Paris Agreement for plastics
Do we need a global treaty to tackle plastics pollution, similar to the one on climate change. Campaigners and a growing number of governments and businesses…
Radio DavosCOVID and cancer: how the pandemic created another health time bomb
COVID-19 paralysed healthcare services around the world and meant many routine procedures were cancelled or delayed. That has taken a heavy toll on cancer…
Radio DavosWhat to expect from 2022 - what we learned at the Davos Agenda
While COVID prevented the annual Davos meeting in the Alps for a second year, leaders from governments, business, academia and civil society met online at the…
Radio DavosHow does Earth look from space? 'Like one big spaceship' - astronaut Matthias Maurer on Radio Davos
Speaking live from the International Space Station, Matthias Maurer gives a fascinating glimpse of what it's like to spend months in orbit - what kind of…
Radio DavosCOVID-19: Is the end in sight?
Dr Anthony Fauci and other experts tell us why Omicron might - but only might - mean we are in the end-game in the fight against COVID. Alongside him at the…
Radio DavosRisks on Earth, in space and in the metaverse - the Global Risks Report 2022
Climate change is the number one risk we face as a species, according to the World Economic Forum's annual Global Risks Report. We look at what a 'disorderly…
Radio DavosRise of the machines: Prof Stuart Russell on the promises and perils of AI
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley is one of the world's most respected experts on artificial intelligence. He…
Radio Davos2021 in review: the global news stories of the year
For the second year running, the pandemic was the biggest news story around the world, but 2021 was also the year of the vaccine rollout, the return of big…
Radio DavosCOP26: success or failure?
Was the Glasgow summit just the same old 'blah, blah, blah' or will it help us avoid climate catastrophe? Journalist Justin Worland covered COP26 for TIME and…
Radio DavosTop-10 emerging technologies
What are the breakthrough technologies that will transform our world in the next few years? Scientific American and the World Economic Forum present their…
Radio DavosCOP26: How cities are tackling pollution, congestion and the climate
The main greenhouse gas causing climate change is carbon dioxide - a colourless, odourless gas that is otherwise harmless to our health. But emissions of CO2…
Radio DavosCOP26: Climate change and the other global crisis - nature loss
The destruction of the natural world is the 'other' global environmental crisis, but it is entwined with climate change. Global warming is the number-one cause…
Radio DavosCOP26: First Movers Coalition
US climate envoy John Kerry and World Economic Forum President Brende Borge launched an initiative at COP26 to bring big companies and customers together to…
Radio DavosCOP26: The Great Melt - tales from the front lines of climate change
As COP26 opens, Radio Davos hears from a journalist who has covered dozens of UN climate gatherings and has reported on how global warming is affecting the…
Radio DavosCOP26: what to expect from the climate change summit
What is COP26, why is it important, and what should we expect? With guest co-host Gideon Lichfield, the global editor in chief of Wired, we look at the key…
Radio DavosEnergy and climate change, with IEA chief Fatih Birol
In this COP26 special, we look at the immense challenge of making energy carbon-neutral. As the International Energy Agency records a surge in coal use and…
Radio DavosCOP26: Feed the world without destroying the climate
Food accounts for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, so how can we make it sustainable? We talk to the author of Eating to Extinction about the risks of…
Radio DavosCOP26: The Ocean - why our seas hold the key to tackling climate change
Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh takes us into icy - but warming - Arctic waters; UN envoy Peter Thomson calls on world leaders…
Radio DavosBridging the digital divide
Despite the pandemic forcing a rapid digitalization of the economy, 3.7 billion people in the world still do not have internet access. Business and government…
Radio DavosWhat will climate change mean for me? A futurist's 3 scenarios
Can we avoid climate catastrophe? Salesforce 'futurist' Peter Schwartz sets out three main scenarios for the future of humanity. And US climate envoy John…
Radio DavosHow can 'Green Demand' boost COP26's impact, with John Kerry
US climate envoy John Kerry joins an in-person panel at the World Economic Forum to discuss how companies can lead the way in cutting greenhouse gas emissions…
Radio DavosCOP26 and climate change on Radio Davos
As the world gathers for the COP26 climate summit, the weekly Radio Davos podcast looks for solutions to the crisis in areas such as energy, the ocean, forests…
Radio Davos'Time for humanity to grow up' - a taste of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit
As UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on members of the United Nations to take climate action ahead of the November climate summit COP26, leaders from…
Radio DavosShaping an Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery
From the Sustainable Development Impact Summit, SDIS21, World Economic Forum President Borge Brende hosts a panel discussion looking at how the world can build…
Radio DavosGetting on the road to Glasgow: the Sustainable Development Impact Summit
We take a preview of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit where business leaders will start to set out their stalls for the climate conference in November.
Radio DavosChristine Lagarde: the ECB chief talks COVID, climate and crypto
The president of the European Central Bank, ranked the world's second most powerful woman by Forbes, chats with World Economic Forum Founder and Executive…
Radio DavosIndia vs Virus: voices from the COVID front line
COVID has presented huge challenges to healthcare, education and poverty reduction in India. We speak to the 'social entrepreneurs' working in the community to…
Radio DavosMind the Gender Gap - Delivering an Equal Economic Recovery
With women's jobs close to twice as likely to be cut during this recession as those held by men, the pandemic has set the world back 36 years in its quest to…
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Summer special - sharks and tunes
As many in the northern hemisphere head to the beach, we dispel the 'Jaws' myths and find out why sharks are vital to the ocean and the planet. And Dutch…
Radio DavosOlympics, soccer - sport and racism
Racist reactions at Euro 2020, possible protests at the Tokyo Games, in this episode we ask whether sport unites us, or reveals the deepest and darkest…
Radio DavosHealthy populations and healthy economies
What lessons can we learn from the pandemic to make our health systems more resilient to future shocks? Speakers: Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime…
Radio DavosStop 'doomscrolling' and get the rest you need
'Doomscrolling' - getting lost in a social media rabbit hole of bad news - became a thing during the pandemic. We talk to a psychologist about what it is and…
Radio DavosA big day for big oil
On just one day in May, two US oil majors suffered a rebellion by shareholders who demanded action on climate change and a Dutch court ordered Shell to cut its…
Radio DavosTackling the Climate Crisis
Former US vice president Al Gore joins World Economic Forum President Børge Brende and a panel of other high-level guests to look at climate change in a…
Radio DavosPresenting our new podcast: Agenda Dialogues
The World Economic Forum has a new podcast - Agenda Dialogues, bringing you the audio from top-level discussions on the world's biggest issues, hosted by Forum…
Radio DavosCOVID's impact on displaced people, with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
There are more forcibly displaced people than ever - 82 million - despite the pandemic making it harder to flee across borders. On World Refugee Day, Radio…
Radio DavosCOVID's long-term impacts on jobs - insights from the Jobs Reset Summit
Millions of jobs may never return; gender equality has been set back; and work from home is here to stay: Journalist and podcaster Ashley Milne-Tyte talks us…
Radio DavosClimate change and the ocean
Marine biologist and the head of the world's largest research and expedition ship, Nina Jensen, joins us to look at highlights from the recent Virtual Ocean…
Radio DavosSmart Toys - is AI in play helping children prepare for their future?
Are your children's toys smarter than you? Two judges at the inaugural Smart Toy Awards, musician will.i.am and UC Berkeley Professor Ron Dahl, an expert on…
Radio DavosJobs of the future
As a preview of the Jobs Reset Summit, Bloomberg TV's Francine Lacqua joins us to look at the changing world of work and what might be the jobs of the future.
Radio DavosRansomware, with US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
When hackers shut down a pipeline dubbed the US 'infrastructure jugular' demanding millions of dollars, the world woke up to the threat of ransomware. Experts…
Radio DavosMental health: the trillion-dollar challenge that we're still not sure how to beat
'Corporate wellness' is big business, but can it really help tackle the huge challenges of mental health? We hear from the Wellcome Trust's Director of Mental…
Radio DavosWikipedia's Jimmy Wales' advice to young entrepreneurs: to succeed - 'get comfortable with failure'
The co-founder of Wikipedia - the world's fifth most popular website - had a Q&A with entrepreneurs from the World Economic Forum's UpLink programme. His key…
