The Great Reset

What do you get if you bring together two dozen heads of state, 56O leaders of the world's biggest companies, scientists, campaigners and academics from around the world? We listen back on some of the highlights from the Davos Agenda Week. IbHr6wtAw5ZHWRxbp2bM

Iron Man Robert Downey Jr explains why he's now a green venture capitalist, and what we should say to climate change deniers. Ravi Velloor, associate editor of The Straits Times joins us to look ahead to the action on the final day of the Davos Agenda. Plus: Forum President Borge Brende on resetting geopolitics.

Alyson Shontel of Business Insider joins us to look ahead to Day 4 of the Davos Agenda and we discuss the dangers of a possible 'cyber pandemic' with the head of the Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Plus an interview with naturalist Jane Goodall.

Ryan Heath, Senior Editor at POLITICO, joins us to look ahead at a day focusing on the environment when John Kerry, US President Joe Biden's climate envoy, is due to speak. We also interview Mark Carney, the former central banker who is finding ways to make big finance combat climate change.

Gillian Tett of Financial Times joins us to discuss the main themes of the Davos Agenda on Day 2: industry transformation, growth and stakeholder capitalism. And we hear a message from climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.

Rachana Shanbhogue of The Economist helps us look ahead to the first day of the Davos Agenda week where COVID-19 is in focus. And we hear interviews with architect Sir David Adjaye and photographer Sebastião Salgado, winners of this year's Crystal Awards.

Radio Davos is reporting daily from the Davos Agenda week - five days of top-level discussions with leaders from business, government, academia and science seeking solutions to the world's biggest problems. Journalists from around the world talk us through the main themes and we hear from the people making change happen.

What are the biggest advances in science and technology today that might transform the way we all live, work, and confront the world's biggest challenges, in the next 3-5 years? Find out in this podcast from Scientific American and the World Economic Forum

Despite global calls to 'build back better', COVID-19 has widened inequalities and created greater instability for the most vulnerable. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz joins the head of UNICEF and three vaccine manufacturers to discuss what needs to be done to change that.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and former US Secretary of State John Kerry join the discussion on impact COVID-19 has had on public confidence in the ability of leaders and institutions to prepare for unexpected risks. What new forms of cooperation, bold ideas and reforms are needed for business, policy-makers and civil society to build a more resilient world and restore confidence in leadership beyond COVID-19?

European Central Bank Christine Lagarde is among the speakers at the World Economic Forum's Pioneers of Change summit looking at the innovations we need to make the world a better place.

As the United States grapples with the global economic and health crisis, how can its foreign policy help shape the global recovery? How can it deploy its resources to serve the global good? A special panel of experts weighs in from the World Economic Forum's U.S. Global Future Council: Daniel Drezner, Tufts University; Danielle Pletka, American Enterprise Institute; Tom Shannon, Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

This episode is the audio from the latest Great Reset Dialogue, a discussion on how best to use advanced technologies such as machine learning and robotics, with Colombian President Ivan Duque, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The session is introduced by the World Economic Forum's Head of Public and Social Engagement, Adrian Monck, and chaired by its President, Børge Brende.

We might be 'all in this together' but COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on women and minorities. This episode includes highlights from the Jobs Reset Summit and an interview with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, head of the UN agency working for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

COVID-19 has added to the threat to jobs already imposed by changing technology. How can we get the new skills needed to cope? On Day 3 we have highlights of the Jobs Reset Summit so far and an interview with an inspirational teacher on the things we really need to teach in school.

Are workers and wages a cost that companies should cut back as much as possible, or are they all organisations' most valuable asset worthy of greater investment? On Day 2 we have highlights of the Jobs Reset Summit so far and an interview that looks into that very question.

As COVID bites, one in two of us fear losing our job in the next 12 months. The World Economic Forum's Jobs Reset Summit will seek ways for a brighter world of work, Forum Managing Director Saadia Zahidi explains.

An increasing number of companies claim to be serving the interests of society and the environment as well as making money for their owners. But how can we make sure this actually happens? 'Impact investors' Michael O'Leary and Warren Valdmanis, authors of the book 'Accountable' tell us.

Almost four years since Donald Trump announced 'America First', is the world a more divided place. Did COVID bring us together for a common purpose, or further accelerate nationalism and populism. A panel of experts from the US, China, India and UK discuss 'revitalizing global partnership'.

The makers of Sesame Street talk about the pandemic's huge impact on young children and how to improve education in a post-COVID world.