Der Große Neustart

In this special episode of  Der Große Neustart , Sibylle Barden speaks with Professor Klaus Schwab , founder of the  World Economic Forum , about a new chapter in his life’s work. After more than 55 years of building and shaping global institutions, Klaus Schwab has entered a new phase of service. This conversation is not about Davos. It's about being a compass for the Intelligent Age - in a w...

“We’re not in an energy transition. We’re in an energy addition.” In this wide-ranging conversation,  Andy Brown OBE , President of the  Energy Institute   and Vice Chairman of  Ørsted , breaks down the real state of the global energy system with rare clarity. Drawing on the  Statistical Review of World Energy , Andy reveals what the data actually shows: – Global energy demand rose 2% – CO₂ emissi...

The age of watching is over. For more than 70 years, David Attenborough showed us the beauty of the natural world. But beauty doesn’t cut it anymore. Action does. Wildlife populations have declined by 73% in the past 50 years — and by 95% in Latin America. We are losing up to 150 species every day. There are more tigers in captivity than in the wild. Aldo Kane, former Royal Marine Sniper turned co...

What happens when a city once defined by conflict becomes a global hub for responsible innovation? In this episode of  Der Große Neustart speaks with Catalina Restrepo Carvajal, Executive Director of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Medellín — the only C4IR in Latin America and part of a global network created in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. From AI education...

This might be the moment you first hear about one of the most important — and least understood — places on Earth. Virunga National Park , nestled in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is Africa’s oldest national park and home to a third of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. It’s also a frontline of armed conflict, poverty, and ecological destruction — and yet, a bold transformati...

In this moving and timely episode,  Der Große Neustart  welcomes  Dr. Ismahane Elouafi , Executive Managing Director of  CGIAR , the world’s largest agricultural research network—leading 9,000 scientists across 89 countries. CGIAR’s research powers 60% of the world’s wheat and 50% of its rice , and for over 50 years has shaped how the world grows food— securing food systems and lifting millions ou...

In this episode, Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), discusses the reality of land degradation—and the encouraging path to restoration. 🌍 Why does this matter? 40% of the world’s land is already degraded, affecting nearly half of humanity. Every year, we lose 100 million hectares—an area the size of Egypt. If we continue like this...

"I think we need an entire revolution in the fashion industry," says Runa Ray , my first guest of 2025. And she is making it happen—as a designer, activist, and visionary. Her journey spans the Global Peace Flag Initiative , endorsed by the United Nations and hailed as the largest art movement for peace and climate action, to presenting collections at Monte Carlo Fashion Week, the Grammy Awards, a...

How do you redefine luxury in a world of urgent environmental challenges? In this episode, I sit down with  Philippe Schaus , Chairman and CEO of  Moët Hennessy  and member of the Executive Committee of  LVMH , the world’s largest luxury group. We explore how Moët Hennessy’s 27 iconic maisons—including  Veuve Clicquot ,  Belvedere Vodka , and  Dom Pérignon , many with over 300 years of heritage—ar...

María Mendiluce , CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition, is one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders . As the Coalition celebrates its 10-year anniversary, María reflects on the milestones that have mobilized over 17,000 companies—representing half of the world’s market capitalization—to commit to climate action. 💬 “We have the commitment of 17,000 companies with half of the world's...

Volocopter ist DER Pionier der Luftmobilität. Bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen in Paris 2024 wird das deutsche Startup Geschichte schreiben: Dank der Unterstützung des französischen Präsidenten Macron und Bundeskanzler Scholz wird Volocopter offiziell seinen VoloCity-Lufttaxi-Service für Passagiere einsetzen.  CEO Dirk Hoke : "Wir bieten weltweit die höchsten Sicherheitsstandards."  Inn...

With endorsements from the G20, UN, World Bank, IOSCO, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) stands at the forefront of standard-setting efforts, shaping the future of sustainable finance and reporting worldwide. Founded in 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow, under the stewardship of Emmanuel Faber as Chair , the ISSB has become a globally recognized and respected standard-setter. Within i...

Alastair Campbell , renowned as Britain's leading political master communicator, is pioneering the way in regaining control of the UK's political debate while also garnering a massive following worldwide. His podcast,  The Rest is Politics , co-hosted with former Tory Cabinet minister Rory Stewart, boasts over one million listeners per episode, dominating charts from the UK to Suriname. Th...

Florent Kaiser , CEO of Global Forest Generation and Earthshot Prize Winner , has unveiled the extraordinary accomplishments of Acción Andina . This grassroots initiative, co-founded by Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos, is deeply rooted in ancient Inca principles of "Ayni and Minka." Together, they have planted nearly 10 million native trees since 2018, rejuvenating over 4,000 hectares of...

Martin Wolf, the Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times and one of the world's top 100 global thinkers , delves deep into the core of our global economic and political systems. Wolf's latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, serves as the foundation for our exploration of the fundamental question: Is the West's Democratic Capitalism the optimal system to confront t...

🌐 Sanda Ojiambo, the Assistant Secretary-General and CEO of the United Nations Global Compact , shines a spotlight on the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative and the driving force behind the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With over 18,000 corporate participants spanning 160 countries, the UN Global Compact aligns businesses with principles in human rights, labor, the en...

Henk Ovink  is the pioneering Special Envoy for International Water Affairs. Discover how the Netherlands leads the way in sustainable water management through the First International Water Envoy,  addressing urgent challenges impacting 2.2 billion people with freshwater scarcity and ecosystem devastation.  "The water cycle is out of balance. If we don't fix the water crises we will never...

Monaco , the most densely-populated sovereign state in the world, smaller than New York's Central Park, has emerged as a powerful advocate for ocean and marine life conservation . Prince Albert, Head of State and president of his foundation, played a significant role in shaping SDG 14 , the United Nations sustainable development goal entirely dedicated to the Ocean. He also spearheaded a campa...

The FT called him one of Europe’s leading industrialists and transformational leaders  - and transforming is exactly what he does. Transforming and reinventing companies, across sectors and across industries. Dreaming big. First as Co-CEO and Chairman at the giant software company SAP and recently, taking A.P Møller-Maersk , the Danish conglomerate that dominates container shipping, into the new e...

Áslak Holmberg, President of the Saami Council , is a pioneering leader who fights for the rights of 80.000 Indigenous people in the Arctic - on the global stage. Speaking at the UN, the IPCC or in Davos, Áslak makes sure the world understands what it means to be Indigenous in the middle of Europe; being European citizens, whose rights to their land, their water and their traditional way of making...

Ina Remmers ist Gründerin und Geschäftsführerin von nebenan.de , Deutschlands größter Nachbarschafts-Plattform. 2015 in Berlin gegründet, zählt das Unternehmen heute 2,5 Millionen Nutzer, verbindet aktiv Nachbarn in 400 deutschen Städten, beschäftigt 130 Mitarbeiter und expandiert nach Spanien und Frankreich. Nebenan.de ist ein Gemeinwohl-orientiertes Unternehmen, welches Ina als "das absolut rich...

The First Successful Breast Surgery in the Metaverse.  Dr Pedro Gouveia , Surgeon of the Breast Unit of the Champalimaud Clinical Centre in Lisbon, performed the first successful breast cancer operation in the Metaverse. While he and the patient were in the operating theatre at the Champalimaud Foundation in Portugal, his colleague was intervening and supervising from the University of Zarago...

Helle Bank Jorgensen is the CEO of  Competent Boards , which offers the much praised global online ESG Competent Boards Certificate and Designation Program, with a faculty of over 150 renowned international board members, executives and experts. Launched in Davos in 2019, Competent Boards aims to enable board members and senior management to make better decisions, to “put...

Destination Earth is a high precision digital model of the Earth.  It is the EU’s flagship initiative to create a digital replica of our entire planet. "This replica is a Digital Twin in fact. It’s a gigantic task, that requires the world’s biggest computing to create the most precise data to tackle climate change.” That’s how Dr. Peter Bauer describes this 7 billion Euro project which he hea...

“We enable cities to understand and monitor their emissions, choose the best path to net zero and collaborate at scale to implement a comprehensive transition plan.” Tomer Shalit , Founder and CEO of the Swedish Company, ClimateView, named by Fast Company as one the most innovative companies of 2021. What Tomer is describing is ClimateOs - an extraordinary technology that his company has crea...