Radio Davos

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 markets, and David Laborde Debucquet of the International Food Policy Research Institute assesses the impact on food supplies and prices, and what policymakers need to do. We also hear from David Beasley, h...

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 what the knock-on impacts will be around the world. Moderated by: Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum, Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Panelists: David Beasley, Executive...

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. As well as the supply of energy, they discussed the threat to Ukraine's many nuclear power plants and called for ever tougher sanctions on Russian energy exports.   Plus: UNICEF spokesperson James Eld...

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 that greenhouse gas emissions are still growing faster than any action to cut them back to zero.   This is an edited version of an interview first published on the World Economic Forum's Meet the Lea...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam McKay tells us how angst about climate change compelled him to make Don't Look Up, an epic comedy disaster movie about humanity's failure to tackle an existential threat. Featuring clips from the film with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry.

As the world emerges from COVID, economies are revving back to life - but so is something that many parts of the world have not seen much of for decades - inflation.  So what is inflation and why has it suddenly reared up around the world? UBS Chief Economist Paul Donovan, author of The Truth About Inflation, speaks to Radio Davos.

Do we need a global treaty to tackle plastics pollution, similar to the one on climate change. Campaigners and a growing number of governments and businesses say we do. Ahead of a United Nations Environment Assembly which could launch talks on a plastics pact, the World Economic Forum heard from a range of experts on why we need a treaty and what it might contain. Speakers: Kristin Hughes , Direct...

COVID-19 paralysed healthcare services around the world and meant many routine procedures were cancelled or delayed. That has taken a heavy toll on cancer patients. How big is the problem, what needs to be done to solve it, and what lessons can we draw from the pandemic to help the fight against cancer? Guests: David Fredrickson - Executive Vice-President, Oncology Business Unit, AstraZeneca; Dr J...

While COVID prevented the annual Davos meeting in the Alps for a second year, leaders from governments, business, academia and civil society met online at the Davos Agenda to discuss the world's biggest issues. The episode has some of the highlights.

Speaking live from the International Space Station, Matthias Maurer gives a fascinating glimpse of what it's like to spend months in orbit - what kind of research he's carrying out - and how the experience has made him care more than ever about protecting our environment.

Dr Anthony Fauci and other experts tell us why Omicron might - but only might - mean we are in the end-game in the fight against COVID. Alongside him at the Davos Agenda session 'COVID-19 - What's Next?' are Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI); and Stéphane Bancel, C...

Climate change is the number one risk we face as a species, according to the World Economic Forum's annual Global Risks Report. We look at what a 'disorderly transition' to net-zero might look like, and also examine the new risks posed by rapidly changing technology. Guests:  Peter Giger, Group Chief Risk Officer at Zurich Insurance Group; Carolina Klint, Risk Management Leader, Continental Europe...

Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley is one of the world's most respected experts on artificial intelligence. He explains what AI is, when we might expect machines to overtake humans in every activity, and why that means we need to rethink how we design and use algorithms, and ask the deepest questions about how we are as humans. Co-hosted by Kay Firt...

For the second year running, the pandemic was the biggest news story around the world, but 2021 was also the year of the vaccine rollout, the return of big sporting events including the Olympics, and an invasion of the US Capitol. CNN anchor Eleni Giokos joins us to look back on the year and listen in to some of the most memorable moments.

Was the Glasgow summit just the same old 'blah, blah, blah' or will it help us avoid climate catastrophe? Journalist Justin Worland covered COP26 for TIME and tells us his view on what was - and what was not - achieved.

What are the breakthrough technologies that will transform our world in the next few years? Scientific American and the World Economic Forum present their annual top-ten emerging tech report. The two people who led the work - Mariette DiChristina , Dean of the College of Communication at Boston University, and  Bernie Meyerson , Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus at IBM - talk to Radio Davos host R...

The main greenhouse gas causing climate change is carbon dioxide - a colourless, odourless gas that is otherwise harmless to our health. But emissions of CO2 are often accompanied by other, toxic gases. So can we tackle air pollution - which kills 7 million people a year around the world - at the same time as we fight climate change? We hear from three cities - Buenos Aires, London and Singapore,...

The destruction of the natural world is the 'other' global environmental crisis, but it is entwined with climate change. Global warming is the number-one cause of that destruction, and the loss of forests and other 'carbon sinks' is increasing the pace of climate change. At COP26, world leaders agreed to  halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, pledging  $19 b...

US climate envoy John Kerry and World Economic Forum President Brende Borge launched an initiative at COP26 to bring big companies and customers together to build demand for green products that require major investment and innovation. This episode has some highlights from the event which can be seen in full here:  https://www.weforum.org/events/forum-cop26-live-2021/sessions/first-movers-coalition...

As COP26 opens, Radio Davos hears from a journalist who has covered dozens of UN climate gatherings and has reported on how global warming is affecting the remotest corners of the world. Alister Doyle's book The Great Melt: Accounts from the Frontline of Climate Change takes us from a dangerously melting ice sheet in the Antarctic to a town high in the Andes threatened by floods from glacial meltw...

What is COP26, why is it important, and what should we expect? With guest co-host Gideon Lichfield, the global editor in chief of Wired, we look at the key issues at the Glasgow climate summit where world leaders need to show how we can achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and avert climate catastrophe. Includes an interview with veteran climate campaigner Jennifer Morgan, the Greenpeace chie...

In this COP26 special, we look at the immense challenge of making energy carbon-neutral. As the International Energy Agency records a surge in coal use and record jump in greenhouse gas emissions, its head, Fatih Birol, tells us what he wants from the climate summit. And the CEO of UK electricity market disruptor Octopus Energy says data will be the key to switching to renewables. Plus a view on C...

Food accounts for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, so how can we make it sustainable? We talk to the author of Eating to Extinction about the risks of relying on a handful of food types, and learn how restaurants could play a big role in getting us to eat our greens. Guests: Dan Saladino, author of Eating to Extinction; Michael Oshman, founder and CEO of the Green Restaurants Association.

Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh takes us into icy - but warming - Arctic waters; UN envoy Peter Thomson calls on world leaders to act urgently to protect the ocean. And we head to the swamps of Colombia to find out  why coastal ecosystems - mangroves, seagrasses and saltmarshes - are powerful allies in the fight against global warming.

Despite the pandemic forcing a rapid digitalization of the economy, 3.7 billion people in the world still do not have internet access. Business and government leaders from around the world meet to discuss how to change this.  Panellists: Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information and communications technology and Innovation of Rwanda Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intellig...