Ukraine, inflation and pandemics: the big issues in a changed world, according to historian Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze, history professor at Columbia University, looks forward to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting to be held in Davos in May 2022. The podcaster and author sets out the big issues that ...
29 Huhti 202222min
ESG - how can we measure how 'good' companies are?
ESG is an acronym that's on everyone's lips in the business world. But just what do we mean by the 'environmental, social and governance' performance of a company, and how can we measure that in a me...
22 Huhti 202221min
Antimicrobial resistance - how to stop a quiet pandemic
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics kills between 1.25-5 million people every year. So why is antimicrobial resistance (AMR) not given the priority or funding that some other health problems receive? ...
14 Huhti 202232min
What are sanctions, and what will be the impact of sanctions on Russia?
As opponents to Russia's invasion of Ukraine seek to isolate Moscow, we ask an expert: what are sanctions, do they work, and how will the sanctions and Russia's counter measures change the geopolitica...
8 Huhti 202225min
Ransomware and ransom-war: why we all need to be ready for cyber attacks
It's boomtime for cyber criminals trying to make easy money by taking computer data hostage and demanding ransom. As online working durged during the pandemic, so did cybercrime - ransomware attacks r...
1 Huhti 202238min
COP26 President Alok Sharma on the future of climate action in a fractured world
The climate summit COP26 was seen as a qualified success. As COP27, due to be held in Egypt by the end of the year, draws closer, and in the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, COP26 President A...
25 Maalis 202227min
How the Ukraine war is driving up food and energy prices for the world
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having big, and potentially long-lasting impacts on the global supplies of food and energy. Saad Rahim, Chief Economist at Trafigura, talks about the oil and gas market...
24 Maalis 202242min
The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and its global impacts
As war rages in Ukraine, leaders from global humanitarian agencies join a World Economic Forum Agenda Dialogue to say what they need from governments and business to tackle the crisis, and explain wha...
21 Maalis 202250min
