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04/11/2022

Shehan Karunatilaka

In this episode, author Shehan Karunatilaka discusses the inspirations for his Booker Prize-winning novel The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida. It tells the story of a Sri Lankan war photographer, who realises he’s in a processing centre for souls in the afterlife and sets out to solve his own murder, which involves leading his friends to a box of incriminating photos under a bed.

04/11/2022

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32 min
14/01/2023

Carolyn Kousky

Carolyn Kousky is the Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at the Environmental Defense Fund and the author of Understanding Disaster Insurance: New Tools for a More Resilient Future. In this episode, Kousky dives deep into the world of insurance markets, exposing major vulnerabilities and detailing how private and public partnerships can help built insurance models that are capable of responding to the climate crisis.

14/01/2023

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26 min
06/01/2023

The Library: A Fragile History

In the first episode of 2023, Kate Whiting speaks to academics and authors Professor Andrew Pettegree and Dr Arthur der Weduwen about their book The Library: A Fragile History. They discuss why, despite our love of collecting books, they have often been neglected and become tools and targets during times of war, while romance novels have gone from scourge to saviour of the modern-day library.

06/01/2023

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33 min
3 JUL

Halfway through 2025, reasons to be optimistic in a turbulent year

As we enter the second half of a turbulent 2025, we hear key lessons from the Summer Davos, AMNC25, and leaders from the World Economic Forum set out their priorities for the rest of the year where global collaboration is needed more than ever. Speakers: World Economic Forum: Sheba Crocker, head of Global Communications Group Saadia Zahidi, head of Centre for New Economy and Society Sebastian Buckup, head of Centre for Nature and Climate Mirek Dusek, responsible for the World Economic Forum summits Kiva Allgood, head of Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains Gim Huay Neo, head of Asia strategy Jeremy Jurgens, head of innovation and emerging technology Others: Eswar Prasad, Professor, Cornell University Adam Tooze, Director, European Institute, Columbia University Chinese Premier Li Qiang Kian Katanforoosh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Workera Hassan Elkhatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of Egypt Lindsay Hooper, Chief Executive Officer, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Catch up on all the action from AMNC25 at wef.ch/amnc25 and across social media using the hashtag #AMNC25. Listen to selected AMNC sessions on the Agenda Dialogues podcast. Forum reports mentioned in the podcast: Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025 Chief Economists Outlook Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025 Forum initiatives mentioned in the podcast: First Movers Coalition Global Future Councils Technology Pioneers Uplink Related podcasts: What to expect from the 'Summer Davos' AMNC; and what the West gets wrong about China Tech poised to 'change the world': Top Ten Emerging Technologies 2025: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/top-ten-emerging-tech-2025/ Getting sustainable, secure and equitable power to the people - how's the global energy transition going? “Trillions of dollars added to the economy” - Google’s chief economist on the macro impact of AI Stock markets and supermarkets: how business is deploying AI Beyond the hype, how industries are deploying AI at the heart of their operations

3 Jul

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40 min
20/06/2021

COVID’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 Davos speaks to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, and to Victor Ochen, who grew up in a conflict zone in northern Uganda and has used his experience as a displaced person to help others. Key quotes: Filippo Grandi: "Most of these 80-plus million people we’re talking about, refugees, displaced people, are in poor countries…[which have] fewer resources to deal with these massive problems." "I think the problem [of vaccine inequality] is not inequality in respect of refugees, it is inequality between countries. And I think that I am actually surprised that there is not even more outcry about what a scandal it is." "The risk of backfiring globally is very, very high. The slogan … that we will not be safe until everybody is safe ... is actually the most true slogan of the many that have been coined around the pandemic." "The slogan of the [United Nations] Sustainable Development Goals is: ‘No one should be left behind’. The risk of that ... is much higher now than it was a year and a half ago. And this is where we need to focus in the next few years." "If you look at the type of money that has been mobilized to respond to COVID and you look at the aid budgets, the proportion is staggering. One is huge and one is very small, comparatively speaking. So I do hope that governments will have a better judgement than that and will not take it [from] aid budgets to compensate for the large expenditure." Victor Ochen: "I was born into war. I was born in the community affected by war and a society where nothing was happening except the struggle for power." "It was the most dangerous venture, most dangerous move, to talk about peace in an environment where there is no peace, to talk against war in an environment clouded by conflict." "War destroys one key institution: not the government, not the United Nations, not international organizations, not politics – war destroys the family. Families are split apart, families lose members, families become so helpless, separated for life. They live in that endless sense of not knowing what will happen. It's very difficult to see something good come out of a community where families are destroyed." "Suffering in northern Uganda, suffering in Africa, is no different from suffering anywhere in the world. With COVID came a lot of understanding that we are all human, we are all powerless, we are all fragile. We shouldn't wait for suffering to knock on our doors before we act to care for those who are already suffering." Mentioned in this episode: COVAX - the global effort to get COVID vaccines to all. The UK's plan to cut its overseas aid budget. COP26 - the climate summit due to happen in November. Lord's Resistance Army - the militia that caused Victor Ochen's family to become displaced people. Find all our podcasts here. Subscribe: Radio Davos; Meet the Leader. Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club on Facebook.

20/06/2021

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43 min
02/12/2022

Lynda Gratton: Redesigning Work

In this episode, Professor Lynda Gratton discusses how a diary she started in the pandemic resulted in her latest book, Redesigning Work: How To Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone. She draws on real-world examples of companies getting it right and offers useful insights into everything from avoiding burnout to being a good manager. Episode page: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/book-club/episodes/lynda-grant-redesigning-work Subscribe on any platform: https://pod.link/1599305768 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Join the World Economic Forum Book Club FY9cCIfXUH51iY9fLtCE

02/12/2022

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22 min
08/03/2023

How the 'Wild Wet West' was won: why the UN High Seas Treaty is big news

Up to now, the vast majority of the world’s ocean was not governed by a global treaty that would protect this vital part of the planet from pollution or over-exploitation - meaning the high seas were something of a Wild West. But that is all changing. After years of negotiations, member states of the United Nations have agreed the High Seas Treaty, ensuring the protection and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdictions. Almost two-thirds of the planet’s surface is ocean and the seas make up 95% of the Earth’s total habitat by volume. But, only 1% of the high seas has, up until now, been under any protection protocol and just 39% of the ocean falls under the national jurisdiction of individual countries. Kristian Teleki, Director of Ocean Action Agenda and Friends of Ocean Action at the World Economic Forum tells us what is in the treaty and why it’s such a big deal for the planet. Find out more: Friends of Ocean Action Further listening: Subscribe on any platform: https://pod.link/1504682164 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Get all our podcasts at wef.ch/podcasts. Radio Davos Agenda Dialogues Meet the Leader The World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast

08/03/2023

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25 min
23/03/2023

UN Water Conference: the entrepreneurs on a mission

At the UN Water Conference, a group of entrepreneurs from around the world are telling how their innovations could help tackle some of the big challenges related to water. Laura Beltran, of the World Economic Forum's UpLink platform, talks to three of them who are: taking water from the air in Kenya; making the most of rain runoff from buildings in Canada; and getting affordable water filters to people in Latin America. Guests: Beth Koigi, Co-founder, Majik Water (Kenya) - An atmospheric water generator system which uses proven condensation-based techniques to capture water moisture from the air. Majik serves communities that are not able to access safe drinking water, offering a turnkey solution. Kevin Mercer, President & Co-founder, RainGrid Inc. (Canada) - Building community-scale, property-based, digital networks for net-zero residential property rainfall runoff, while generating verifiable ecosystem credits and restoring the health and security of groundwater and watersheds. Laura Stocco, CTO & Co-founder, Openversum (Switzerland) - A locally-assembled and managed, biodegradable membrane filter that removes pathogen heavy metals from water. Through its microfranchising model, entrepreneurs can manufacture and sell filters, creating a sustainable business. Read more: What is the UN 2023 Water Conference and why is it so important? Two experts explain Our relationship with water is political, says this climate scientist 10 entrepreneurs on what inspired them to tackle water insecurity This is what needs to happen at the UN Water Conference, according to experts How technology can help address the world’s water security crises World Water Day: These innovators are improving access to clean water More podcast episodes on water: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/un-water-summit-biography-giulio-boccaletti https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/xylem-patrick-decker-purpose-communication https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/world-water-day-with-matt-damon-and-gary-white Subscribe: Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club

23/03/2023

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31 min
23/12/2020

The year that COVID built: a look back on 2020

2020 was the year of coronavirus, but also the year of Donald Trump, of Black Lives Matter and of Brexit. CNN correspondent Eleni Giokos joins Robin Pomeroy for a look back on a year that was unforgettable, often for the wrong reasons.

23/12/2020

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51 min
22/09/2023

SDIM23: Innovation for Tough-To-Decarbonize Industries

Sourcing and scaling viable innovations to decarbonize ‘hard-to-abate’ sectors like mining and aviation will be critical to the success of the Sustainable Development Goals. How can we leverage cutting-edge technologies and adopt novel strategies to accelerate the race to net-zero in these sectors? This is the full audio from a panel discussion at the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2023 held September 20. Speakers: Vivek Salgaocar, Director and Co-Founder, Vimson Group; Shahrukh Shamim, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, EnviCore; Emanuela Orsini, Digital Content Specialist, World Economic Forum Geneva, Benedikt Sobotka, Chief Executive Officer, Eurasian Resources Group Sàrl; Annie Hills, Senior Adviser on Innovation to the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, US Department of State Watch the session here:https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2023/sessions/innovation-for-tough-to-decarbonize-industries About the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings: https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22/09/2023

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45 min

Welcome to our podcast collection featuring expert voices and fascinating stories from around the world. Radio Davos: Every week, host Robin Pomeroy talks to top experts about the world’s biggest challenges and how we might solve them. Meet the Leader: Host Linda Lacina drives one-on-one conversations with top leaders on how they're tackling global problems and the habits they can't work without. Book Club: Authors discuss the ideas that inspire and shape them, with questions posed by members of the World Economic Forum’s Book Club. Hosted by Book Club Founder Beatrice di Caro

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