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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 202250min
Ukraine: war, refugees and an energy system under attack
How is Ukraine managing to keep electricity and heating supplies during the war? Government and industry chiefs address a World Economic Forum online event to explain the challenges and ask for help. ...
16 Mar 202234min
Al Gore on the decade of climate action
The former US vice president has been pushing for climate action for decades. In this interview he says we are at a 'political tipping point' after which polluters will no longer hold sway, but admits...
11 Mar 202234min
