In his opening address to COP15 – the United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference in December 2022 – UN Secretary-General António Guterres explained that "without nature, we have nothing"...
Our oceans bear the brunt of the impacts of global warming, having absorbed around 90% of the heat generated by rising emissions to date, according to the United Nations.
“Around the world, workers are faced with a series of unexpected challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic, swiftly followed by an economic downturn and soaring inflation has created an uncertain...
Honorable participants and distinguished guests,
What a difference a year makes! When I spoke to you last year around this time, our discussions revolved around the global economy’s path out of the pandemic. At the start of 2022, many p...
Volver a Davos es señal de una ansiada vuelta a la normalidad, como lo son las caras sin mascarillas que puedo ver entre el público. Sin embargo, hoy no parece normal en absoluto, ¿verdad...
Coming back to Davos is a sign of a much-longed-for return to normalcy, as are the unmasked faces that I can see in the audience. Yet, today does not feel normal at all, does it? The worl...
Thank you for your welcome. It is good to be back in Davos once again in person.
I am particularly pleased to be speaking to you today, at a time when we are witnessing the unprecedented crystallisation of multiple challenges that combine the urgent need to accelerate...
Your role Highnesses, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. For one year now Ukraine has stunned the world. On that fatal February morning, many predicted that Kyiv would fall in a matter o...
Good morning! Let me begin by thanking Dr. Schwab for inviting me to Davos again. The last time I came here was 2018. Over the past five years, we have experienced all kinds of unexpected...
The climate crisis was high on the agenda at Davos 2023. The World Economic Forum and more than 45 partners launched the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), at Davos 2023. The GAEA is ...
"Metaverse" was one of the Oxford words of the year 2022, although it’s been in the Oxford English Dictionary for 30 years, from its inception in the 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash.
This winter will mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine in a wanton act of aggression.
The cost-of-living crisis has been identified as the biggest risk facing the world over the next two years, in the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Risks Report.
