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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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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.

    In the age of the 'manosphere', what's the future for feminism? With Jude Kelly of the WOW Festival

    In the age of the 'manosphere', what's the future for feminism? With Jude Kelly of the WOW Festival

    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.
    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
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    • 36 min
    Geopolitics, the equitable transition, and AI: things to look out for in energy in 2024

    Geopolitics, the equitable transition, and AI: things to look out for in energy in 2024

    A year ago in Davos, energy - particularly the disruption to supply and prices caused by the war in Ukraine - was a top issue at the Forum's Annual Meeting and on Radio Davos we invited two experts in to set out the top lines of the energy discussion.
    Roberto Bocca, who heads up energy at the World Economic Forum, and John Defterios, a business professor and former CNN journalist, return this year, as war is an even bigger issue. They also discuss the 'energy transition', especially how that might look in the global South, and they address what was the top issue at this year's Davos: artificial intelligence - which many people believe could play a central role in the energy transition, but which is also itself creating a surge in demand for energy to power all the compute needed to create AI.
    Guests: Roberto Bocca:
    https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/roberto-bocca/
    John Defterios: https://www.weforum.org/people/john-defterios/
    Mentioned in this episode: Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 - 21 March:
    https://www.iaea.org/events/nuclear-energy-summit-2024
    SDG-7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all:
    https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/sustainable-development-goals/why-do-sustainable-development-goals-matter/goal-7
    Links: Centre for Energy and Materials: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-energy-and-materials/home
    Global Future Council on the Future of Energy Transition: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-energy-transition/
    Related podcasts: The global conversation on energy changed at Davos 2023 - here’s why
    The energy transition moonshot: innovations that will transform our world
    A common good? The companies making the AI products we'll soon all be using:
    Related sessions from Davos 2024: Building Equitable Transitions: Green and Fair: https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/building-equitable-transitions-can-green-be-fair/


    Climate and Nature: Seed Capital Needed:
    https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/climate-and-nature-seed-capital-needed/
    Live from the Deep Sea:
    https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/live-from-the-deep-sea/
    Podcast: Davos 2024: Live from the Deep Sea: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/davos-2024-live-from-the-deep-sea/
    Catch up on all the action from Davos at wef.ch/wef24 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF24.
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    • 27 min
    Ian Bremmer, Rachel Botsman and Azeem Azhar: 3 experts on the state of the world in 2024

    Ian Bremmer, Rachel Botsman and Azeem Azhar: 3 experts on the state of the world in 2024

    What's in store for 2024?
    Ian Bremmer's political risk consultancy predicts an 'annus horribilis' but Exponential View's Azeem Azhar says we are in an 'incredible decade'.
    So is the state of the world 'glass half empty, or half full'?
    And in an uncertain world, Oxford University's Rachel Botsman, tells why trust is so vital, and how it can be re-built, or rather, re-earned.
    Guests: Ian Bremmer: https://www.eurasiagroup.net/people/IBremmer
    Rachel Botsman: https://rachelbotsman.com/
    Azeem Azhar: https://www.azeemazhar.com/
    World Economic Forum Strategic Intelligence: https://intelligence.weforum.org/
    World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2024: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2024/
    These are the biggest global risks we face in 2024 and beyond
    Global Risk Report 2024: Transitions in the age of information
    Global Risks 2024: At a turning point - Global Risks Report 2024
    Global Risks Report 2024: Risks are growing, but there's hope
    Related podcasts: Global Risks Report: the big issues facing leaders at Davos 2024
    'Expect the unexpected': IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva on AI, preparedness - and the global economy in 2024
    12 leaders share what to prioritize in 2024
    What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments
    Annual Meeting 2024: What just happened in Davos?
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    • 26 min
    The number of refugees could double in the next decade, the head of UNHCR says why

    The number of refugees could double in the next decade, the head of UNHCR says why

    The UNHCR, cares for 114 million refugees and displaced people worldwide. Filippo Grandi, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, says that number could double in a decade if the world cannot find ways to stop war.
    Mentioned in this episode: Refugee Employment Alliance: https://www.weforum.org/projects/the-refugee-employment-and-employability-initiative/
    Read more: From fleeing war to finding work: companies aim to help refugees find jobs
    Catch up on all the action from Davos at wef.ch/wef24 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF24.
    Related podcasts: The 90-year-old using sports to change the lives of refugees
    Helping the unprecedented number of forcibly displaced
    Ingka Group's Jesper Brodin: The talent crisis you’re not talking enough about
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    • 20 min
    AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?

    AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?

    If 2023 was the year we all got familiar with generative AI, is 2024 the year when governments will act on the governance of this powerful technology?
    At Davos 2024 we spoke to these experts, from the industry and civil society:
    Alexandra Reeve Givens, CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology
    Aidan Gomez, Co-founder and CEO of Cohere
    Anna Makanju, Vice President of Global Affairs, OpenAI
    Catch up on all the action from Davos at wef.ch/wef24 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF24.
    World Economic Forum's AI Governance Alliance: wef.ch/AIGA
    Related podcasts:
    Annual Meeting 2024: What just happened in Davos?
    2023 was the year we all got to know AI - so where will it take us in 2024?
    What are semiconductors, and why are they vital to the global economy?
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    • 43 min
    TradeTech: the trillion dollar promise that could unlock smoother global trade

    TradeTech: the trillion dollar promise that could unlock smoother global trade

    Technology is revolutionizing global commerce and investment, and digitalizing the trade ecosystem holds the potential to increase trade by nearly $9 trillion by 2026 within the G7 alone.
    On the eve of the World Trade Organisation's 13th Ministerial Conference, MC13 (26-29 February, 2024) in Abu Dhabi, we speak to the event's host, UAE Minister of State for Trade Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi about MC13 and the TradeTech initiative that the UAE is pursuing with the World Economic Forum.
    We also hear from WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her hopes for MC13, and from Vincent Clerc, Chief Executive Officer, A.P. Møller-Maersk, with his views on trade tech.
    Read more about the TradeTech initiative: https://www.tradetechglobal.org/home
    and the TradeTech Forum, 27 February, 2024: https://www.tradetechglobal.org/tradetechforum24
    Read Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi's Agenda blog: TradeTech could be the future of international trade – here’s why
    The WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference, 26-29 February, 2024: MC13
    Watch this session from Davos 2024: TradeTech's Trillion-Dollar Promise
    Watch Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi at this Davos Press Conference: Transformation of Global Trade
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    • 22 min

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