The cost of living crisis around the world is the number one risk in the short-term, according to the latest Global Risks Report, but climate change remains the greatest challenge in the medium and long term. In this episode we hear from two of the people involved in creating the Global Risks Report - required reading ahead of the Annual Meeting in Davos - Carolina Klint, managing director at Marsh, and Peter Giger, Group Chief Risk Officer at Zurich Insurance Group. 'As 2023 begins, the world is facing a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar.' So reads the executive summary of the Global Risks Report 2023, the result of a major annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group. 'We've seen a return of older risks inflation, cost of living crises, trade wars, capital outflows from emerging markets, widespread social unrest, geopolitical confrontation, and the spectre of nuclear warfare which few of this generation's business leaders or public policymakers have experienced.' The Global Risks Report is a fascinating read. It looks at short-term and long-term perceptions. And in the longer term, or the medium term, the threat posed by climate change is the top risk on a ten-year time horizon. But in the short term, worries about natural disasters and extreme weather fall to second place, pushed off the top spot by the cost of living crisis. You can find the report at wef.ch/grr2023. It's required reading ahead of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos where figures from government, business, academia and civil society will come together to discuss the world's most pressing issues. Report Link: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-risks-report-2023/ Executive Summary: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-risks-report-2023/digest Press Conference livestream and replay link: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/global-risks-report-2023-press-conference/ Follow all the action from the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2023 at wef.ch/wef23 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF23. Subscribe on any platform: https://pod.link/1504682164 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader  WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues

Is the metaverse more than just a catchy buzzword? Can companies and regulators build something safe, engaging and useful? We speak to Cathy Li, head of Media, Entertainment and Sport at the World Economic Forum, who is leading an initiative called Defining and Building the Metaverse. That is bringing together companies, governments and civil society around the world, to discuss possible futures for the metaverse. The first fruits of that work will be unveiled in Davos in January.

From machine learning to quantum sensing and the metaverse - these CEOs pick out the tech we should all be watching. This episode was previously published on our sister podcast Meet the Leader. Subscribe to that here: https://pod.link/1534915560 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 Join the World Economic Forum Book Club

Mina Guli is running 200 marathons in a year to raise awareness about water; Lewis Pugh swam across the Red Sea for climate change action. Meet the campaigners pushing their bodies to the limit in the hope of changing the world.   Guests: Mina Guli: https://www.minaguli.com/ Lewis Pugh: https://lewispugh.com/ Hear a previous Radio Davos with him: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/top-ocean-experts-tell-radio-davos-their-hopes-for-cop26-climate-talks Also mentioned:https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/this-entrepreneur-is-aiming-to-reverse-his-carbon-footprint-here-s-how/ Related episodes: Matt Damon talks to Radio Davos about his work on water: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/matt-damon-world-water-day The World Economic Forum’s UpLiink platform is looking for innovative solutions on freshwater: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/uplink-freshwater-hcl-radio-davos-cop27 Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos Meet the Leader World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club

Figures from business, government and civil society share their reflections on COP27, in a discussion hosted by the World Economic Forum just before the climate conference concluded. Speakers:  Antonia Gawel, Head, Climate Change, World Economic Forum (moderator) Janet Ranganathan, Vice-President, Science and Research, World Resources Institute Jesper Brodin, Chief Executive Officer, Ingka Group (IKEA) James Mnyupe, Presidential Economic Adviser; Green Hydrogen Commissioner Office of the President of Namibia Anish Shah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Group Pato Kelesitse, climate activist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The water we drink and use to wash and irrigate our crops is precious, and becoming ever more so due to climate change.The World Economic Forum’s UpLink platform wants to hear from you if you have innovative ideas on how to tackle the problem.On this episode, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCL Technologies which is backing the search for innovations, joins UpLink’s Emanuela Orsini to discuss the issue.We also hear from entrepreneur Friso Klapwijk, whose company Wavin has created smart roofs to capture rainwater in cities. Guests: Emanuela Orsini, UpLink Digital Content Specialist at the World Economic Forum Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCL Technologies Friso Klapwijk, Global Director of Urban Climate Resilience, Wavin The Global Freshwater Challenge on UpLink: https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/uplink-issue/a002o0000173B6sAAE/global-freshwater-challenge Learn more about our innovators and other innovation challenges on UpLink: https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader  WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/uplink-freshwater-hcl-radio-davos-cop27  

As COP27 begins in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Radio Davos looks at the main themes, and talks to the head of climate action at the World Economic Forum about the role of business. Guest: Antonia Gawel, head of climate action at the World Economic Forum Open letter from the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/cop27-alliance-of-ceo-climate-leaders/ First Movers Coalition: https://www.weforum.org/first-movers-coalition Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader  WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda DialoguesJoin the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/cop27-public-private-first-movers-coalition

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, business person and ‘tecno optimist’ Justin Trudeau, Canadian prime minister Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader  WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast ClubEpisode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/bloomberg-zero-climate-change-podcast-cop27

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 Forum: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-space https://www.weforum.org/platforms/shaping-the-future-of-mobility Other Radio Davos episodes on space: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/space-podcast-moon-mars-base https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/01/live-from-space-radio-davos Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader  WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/space-exploration-mars-moon-nasa-smithsonian

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 healthcare figure in Uganda on what needs to be done.   Speakers:   Cissy Kityo, Executive Director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Uganda Kevin Doxzen, Hoffmann Fellow, Precision Medicine and Emerging Biotechnologies, World Economic Forum Useful links: Joint Clinical Research Centre Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064558791099 CRISPRpedia Website: https://innovativegenomics.org/crisprpedia/ WEF white paper https://www.weforum.org/whitepapers/accelerating-global-access-to-gene-therapies-case-studies-from-low-and-middle-income-countries   Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Meet the Leader  WEF Book Club Podcast Agenda Dialogues Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/gene-therapies-hiv-cancer-uganda