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  • What is the link between financial risk and economic growth?

    Monday 17th of January 2022

    The global crisis in 2008 reminded us of the importance of the financial sector for the macroeconomy, a lesson many had forgotten in the decades after the previous global crisis, the Great Depression. Financial risk matters. It is necessary for investment and growth, while also driving uncertainty, inefficiency, recessions, and crises.

  • Risks on Earth, in space and in the metaverse – Radio Davos on the Global Risks Report 2022

    Friday 14th of January 2022

    Climate change is the number one risk we face as a species, according to the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report. In this episode of Radio Davos, we look at what a ‘disorderly transition’ to net-zero might look like, and also examine the new risks posed by rapidly changing technology.

  • The Global Risks Report 2022 revealed the top risks facing the world – So what can we do about it?

    Friday 14th of January 2022

    Risk analysis shapes decisions, creates forecasts and reveals the policy gaps requiring action. It’s why the World Economic Forum sets the agenda for the year with the launch of the Global Risks Report every January.

  • Predictions 2022: Here’s how supply chains might change according to business leaders

    Thursday 13th of January 2022

    Uncertainty remains high for supply chains in 2022. Views differ between experts on whether current blockages will ease up or if this year will remain as volatile as the past 18 months. The Financial Times highlights the fallout from last year’s shipping crisis, citing a UN report predicting a 1.5% increase in global inflation due to shipping.

  • Global Risks Report 2022: What you need to know

    Tuesday 11th of January 2022

    Two years on from the first COVID-19 cases, countries are reporting record infections due to the Omicron variant, but the pandemic pales compared to the long-term risks the world faces from climate change.

  • Global Risks 2022: The ‘disorderly’ net-zero transition is here and it’s time to embrace it

    Tuesday 11th of January 2022

    The 2022 Global Risks Report has “climate action failure” as the number one risk over the coming decade. The most documented risks associated with climate action failure are physical risks, such as an increase in the frequency and severity of severe weather.

  • 3 global risk areas that demand cosmic action: Space, the metaverse and Planet Earth

    Tuesday 11th of January 2022

    Life during the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged governments, businesses and communities, resulting in: deep social, political and economic scars; unprecedented disruptions; and tense nation-state and business rivalries. At the same time, we have seen spurs to innovation and transformation.

  • Global Risks Report 2022 Press Conference

    Wednesday 5th of January 2022

    The 17th edition of the Global Risks Report identifies tensions that will result from a divergent recovery. Rapidly and slowly recovering countries alike will need to navigate economic and societal gaps to restore social cohesion, boost employment and thrive.

  • How to make organizations cyber resilient in the digital frontier

    Wednesday 5th of January 2022

    American industrialist Henry Ford II once said that “The best we can do is to size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and make our plans with confidence.” While Ford and others in the American Industrial Revolution faced vastly different risks compared to today’s modern digital business landscape, the uncertainties of risk and how to best manage these remain a critical advantage in business success.

  • This tech could protect your home from wildfires

    Wednesday 5th of January 2022

    How can we protect our homes against extreme weather events like floods and forest fires?

  • How is digital currency revolutionizing Cambodia’s finance system?

    Tuesday 4th of January 2022

    When Cambodia’s central bank launched a pilot for a digital payment system in July 2019, its aim was to increase financial inclusion in the country and expand use of the local currency over the U.S. dollar. Then came the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Global cooperation is crucial for pathogen detection. The scientist who discovered the Omicron variant explains why

    Thursday 9th of December 2021

    The scientific understanding of the coronavirus is constantly evolving along with the virus itself. From when the virus was first discovered until today, the sequencing and sharing of the genetic code has provided an unprecedented view on how the genomes of the pathogen evolve, the encoded genes for proteins necessary for the virus to infect humans, and for the rapid development of vaccines to contain the pandemic.

  • 7 steps to ensure your COVID-19 rapid antigen test is as accurate as possible

    Friday 26th of November 2021

    You can now buy rapid antigen tests in supermarkets and pharmacies to test yourself at home for COVID-19 in about 15 minutes.

  • How to make cryptocurrency more sustainable

    Monday 15th of November 2021

    Bitcoin is not only unstable, but it is a volatile topic of discussion, too.

  • 3 principles to help build a cyber resilient organization

    Tuesday 9th of November 2021

    A large number of government and private sector organizations including some of the most sophisticated companies in the world, have fallen victims to cyber-attacks in recent years. Business critical activities have been disrupted, data has been compromised and the threat continues to evolve at a fast pace.

  • How stakeholder capitalism could aid recovery in the Sahel region of Africa

    Wednesday 3rd of November 2021

    At first glance, particularly when viewed from the comfort of European capitals, it may not be readily apparent what multi-stakeholder capitalist approaches and enhancing pastoralist livelihoods in the Sahel have in common. Parts of the Sahel region – area in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the savannas to the south – are experiencing almost unprecedented levels of crisis, stemming from a myriad of complex and intertwined factors: from weak governance to the increasingly severe consequences of climate change and conflict.

  • Breakthrough research into human tissue could help diagnose potential cancer

    Monday 1st of November 2021

    As an organism grows, the feel of it changes too. In the initial stages, an embryo takes on an almost fluid-like state that allows its cells to divide and expand. As it matures, its tissues and organs firm up into their final form. In certain species, this physical state of an organism can be an indicator of its developmental stage, and even the general state of its health.

  • 3 external risks to democracy and how to address them

    Wednesday 20th of October 2021

    The deliberative nature of democracy seems to have finally overcome the hubristic triumphalism of the 1990s. Amidst the treacherous times we live in, Western democracies are showing increasing awareness of the internal challenges they face. Disillusionment is rife among youth, impatience and anger are growing over the inadequacy of measures to address climate change, and the threats posed by populism are far from over amidst a still elusive post-pandemic recovery.

  • UN: 5 ways we need to change how we address internal displacement

    Tuesday 12th of October 2021

    Last month, the global media was filled with distressing images of people trying to flee Afghanistan. The sad reality is that far greater numbers of displaced, vulnerable people remain trapped within Afghanistan’s borders, and they have been for decades. Yet they rarely make the headlines.

  • Carbon offsetting is one of many tools to keep our planet cool – an expert explains

    Friday 8th of October 2021

    With barely a month to go before the crucial United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow, there’s no guarantee humanity will do what is necessary to keep warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, identified by scientists as the maximum prudent temperature increase. That’s the bitter reality pill we must swallow today.

  • The next decade will be defined by climate change and cyber risk

    Thursday 7th of October 2021

    Climate change has overtaken pandemics as the biggest worry for risk experts. At the same time, cyber risks are becoming more serious. These are the key takeaways from the newly published 2021 AXA Future Risk Report, which starkly illustrates the need for governments and corporations to work more closely together to reinforce societal and economic resilience. Similarly, the World Economic Forum in its 2021 Global Risk Report, finds that with the world more attuned to risk, lessons can be drawn to strengthen response and resilience.

  • How flood-prone Mumbai is tackling climate change, from underground tunnels to newer sewers

    Wednesday 6th of October 2021

    Like other store owners in their busy central Mumbai market, the Dadhia brothers have long kept the bottom shelf of their sari shop empty, having learned to live with the flooding that arrives every monsoon.

  • How cities are preparing for more extreme weather

    Monday 20th of September 2021

    2021 has already been another record year in extreme weather events. Floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and other disasters have continued to hit communities around the world with increasing intensity and frequency due to a warming climate. In the US, nearly one in three peoplehas experienced an extreme weather event just between June and August.

  • Papua New Guinea is battling the world’s oldest pandemic: malaria. How can it get back on track?

    Monday 13th of September 2021

    With only 1% of the world’s land mass and a population of under 9 million, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most biologically and culturally diverse places on earth, and home to over 850 active languages. Unfortunately, there are also severe limitations in resources for health delivery, with barely one doctor per 10,000 people (the United States has about three per 1,000); its incredibly rugged terrain has posed continual challenges for economic and social development more broadly (PNG ranks 155th out of 189 on the United Nation’s Human Development Index). PNG also has the highest malaria burden in the Asia Pacific region – it accounted for nearly a third of cases in 2019. But this was not always the case.

  • Trust’s role in the next big climate breakthrough: Yara’s Svein Tore Holsether on Meet The Leader

    Tuesday 24th of August 2021

    Svein Tore Holsether started as Yara’s President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2015, just three months ahead of the historic Paris Climate Agreement. That meeting was pivotal for Holsether in many ways – and even changed how he saw his role and how he could contribute.

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