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Radio Davos

World Economic Forum

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.

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29:12

Radio Davos Podcast Club: ‘Zero’ from Bloomberg Green

Radio Davos ·

2022/11/04

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. Its host Akshat Rathi talks about how he tackled one of the world’s biggest, most complex issues, and talks us through some recent interviews. Speakers featured on clips from Zero: Bryony Worthington, UK legislator Gabriel Kra co-founder of Prelude Ventures Bill Gates,

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46:07

Life on Mars and the birth of the universe: why space...

Radio Davos ·

2022/10/28

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 Interview by: Nikolai Khlystov, Lead, Future of Space, Shaping the Future of Mobility, World Economic Forum. More space from the

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34:02

Gene therapy - how can poorer countries benefit from...

Radio Davos ·

2022/10/21

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

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31:20

What in the world is a Chief eXploration Officer?...

Radio Davos ·

2022/10/12

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. Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos Meet the Leader WEF Book

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50:12

Food and climate change - the vital, but often...

Radio Davos ·

2022/10/10

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

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35:20

Inflation, recession? What next for the global...

Radio Davos ·

2022/09/29

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

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44:01

Tackling disinformation - how can we combat the lies...

Radio Davos ·

2022/09/29

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.

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28:08

Inflation: how can we tame it?

Radio Davos ·

2022/09/23

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

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42:28

As COP27 approaches, where does a fractured world...

Radio Davos ·

2022/09/22

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

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31:20

What are Young Global Leaders, and how are they...

Radio Davos ·

2022/09/16

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.

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27:33

Financial inclusion - how increased access to banking...

Radio Davos ·

2022/09/09

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

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34:49

Carbon offsets - how do they work, and who sets the...

Radio Davos ·

2022/09/02

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. Detractors say that offsetting is ‘greenwash’, allowing companies to avoid cutting their emissions while still being able to claim they are, or will be, carbon neutral. Proponents say offsetting, if done properly, can help channel funds

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44:58

Space, cyberspace and climate change: the best of...

Radio Davos ·

2022/08/04

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 Nick Clegg, President for Global Affairs at Meta Gregory Daco, Chief Economist at EY-Parthenon Gita Gopinath, First

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40:35

Ukraine’s history, and why it matters

Radio Davos ·

2022/07/29

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 Find all our

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24:30

‘BookTok’: how social media changed how we read books

Radio Davos ·

2022/07/22

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

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27:18

How we can close the global gender gap - and why we...

Radio Davos ·

2022/07/13

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 Interview by Gayle Markowitz

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How we can close the global gender gap - and why we...

Radio Davos ·

2022/07/13

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 Interview by Gayle Markowitz

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24:56

Space - how advances up there can help life down here

Radio Davos ·

2022/07/01

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.

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43:39

Global Cybersecurity Outlook

Radio Davos ·

2022/07/01

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

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46:22

The Four-Day Week: Necessity or Luxury?

Radio Davos ·

2022/06/23

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,

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