Building a Cohesive World

What do you get if you bring together two dozen heads of state, 56O leaders of  the world's biggest companies, scientists, campaigners and academics from around the world? We listen back on some of the highlights from the Davos Agenda Week.   IbHr6wtAw5ZHWRxbp2bM

Iron Man Robert Downey Jr explains why he's now a green venture capitalist, and what we should say to climate change deniers. Ravi Velloor, associate editor of The Straits Times joins us to look ahead to the action on the final day of the Davos Agenda. Plus: Forum President Borge Brende on resetting geopolitics.

Alyson Shontel of Business Insider joins us to look ahead to Day 4 of the Davos Agenda and we discuss the dangers of a possible 'cyber pandemic' with the head of the Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Plus an interview with naturalist Jane Goodall. 

Ryan Heath, Senior Editor at POLITICO, joins us to look ahead at a day focusing on the environment when John Kerry, US President Joe Biden's climate envoy, is due to speak. We also interview Mark Carney, the former central banker who is finding ways to make big finance combat climate change.

Gillian Tett of Financial Times joins us to discuss the main themes of the Davos Agenda on Day 2: industry transformation, growth and stakeholder capitalism. And we hear a message from climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.

Rachana Shanbhogue of The Economist helps us look ahead to the first day of the Davos Agenda week where COVID-19 is in focus. And we hear interviews with  architect Sir David Adjaye and photographer Sebastião Salgado, winners of this year's Crystal Awards.

Radio Davos is reporting daily from the Davos Agenda week - five days of top-level discussions with leaders from business, government, academia and science seeking solutions to the world's biggest problems. Journalists from around the world talk us through the main themes and we hear from the people making change happen.

What are the biggest advances in science and technology today that might transform the way we all live, work, and confront the world's biggest challenges, in the next 3-5 years? Find out in this podcast from Scientific American and the World Economic Forum

Despite global calls to 'build back better', COVID-19 has widened inequalities and created greater instability for the most vulnerable. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz joins the head of UNICEF and three vaccine manufacturers to discuss what needs to be done to change that.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and former US Secretary of State John Kerry join the discussion on impact COVID-19 has had on public confidence in the ability of leaders and institutions to prepare for unexpected risks. What new forms of cooperation, bold ideas and reforms are needed for business, policy-makers and civil society to build a more resilient world and restore confidence in leadership beyond COVID-19?