Radio Davos
World Economic Forum
Radio Davos
World Economic Forum
Thursday 19 May 2022 : As the world began to emerge from the pandemic, we were expecting some turbulence, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upset all...
Wednesday 11 May 2022 : The World Economic Forum has been tracking global progress on the ‘energy transition’ for a decade and has just released a special...
Monday 09 May 2022 : Radio Davos and its sister podcast Meet the Leader will be podcasting from the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland...
Friday 29 April 2022 : Adam Tooze, history professor at Columbia University, looks forward to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting to be held in Davos in...
Friday 22 April 2022 : ESG is an acronym that’s on everyone’s lips in the business world. But just what do we mean by the ‘environmental, social and...
Thursday 14 April 2022 : Bacterial resistance to antibiotics kills between 1.25-5 million people every year. So why is antimicrobial resistance (AMR) not given the...
Friday 08 April 2022 : 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...
Friday 01 April 2022 : It’s boomtime for cyber criminals trying to make easy money by taking computer data hostage and demanding ransom. As online working durged...
Thursday 24 March 2022 : Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having big, and potentially long-lasting impacts on the global supplies of food and energy. Saad Rahim,...
Wednesday 16 March 2022 : How is Ukraine managing to keep electricity and heating supplies during the war? Government and industry chiefs address a World Economic...
Friday 11 March 2022 : The former US vice president has been pushing for climate action for decades. In this interview he says we are at a ‘political tipping...
Thursday 10 March 2022 : The former US vice president has been pushing for climate action for decades. In this interview he says we are at a ‘political tipping...
Friday 04 March 2022 : Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam McKay tells us how angst about climate change compelled him to make Don’t Look Up, an epic comedy disaster...
Thursday 17 February 2022 : 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...
Friday 11 February 2022 : Do we need a global treaty to tackle plastics pollution, similar to the one on climate change. Campaigners and a growing number of...
Thursday 03 February 2022 : COVID-19 paralysed healthcare services around the world and meant many routine procedures were cancelled or delayed. That has taken a heavy...
Wednesday 26 January 2022 : While COVID prevented the annual Davos meeting in the Alps for a second year, leaders from governments, business, academia and civil society...
Friday 21 January 2022 : Speaking live from the International Space Station, Matthias Maurer gives a fascinating glimpse of what it’s like to spend months in orbit...
Tuesday 18 January 2022 : 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....
Friday 14 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. We look at...
Thursday 06 January 2022 : Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley is one of the world’s most respected experts on...
Friday 17 December 2021 : 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,...
Friday 19 November 2021 : Was the Glasgow summit just the same old ‘blah, blah, blah’ or will it help us avoid climate catastrophe? Journalist Justin Worland...
Tuesday 16 November 2021 : What are the breakthrough technologies that will transform our world in the next few years? Scientific American and the World Economic Forum...
Friday 12 November 2021 : The main greenhouse gas causing climate change is carbon dioxide - a colourless, odourless gas that is otherwise harmless to our health. But...
Radio Davos
World Economic Forum
What's going on with the global economy? A chief economist's view
As the world began to emerge from the pandemic, we were expecting some turbulence, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upset all...
Energy transition - have global crises stalled progress on climate goals?
The World Economic Forum has been tracking global progress on the ‘energy transition’ for a decade and has just released a special...
Coming soon - podcasts from #WEF22 in Davos
Radio Davos and its sister podcast Meet the Leader will be podcasting from the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland...
Ukraine, inflation and pandemics: the big issues in a changed world, according to historian Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze, history professor at Columbia University, looks forward to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting to be held in Davos in...
ESG - how can we measure how ‘good’ companies are?
ESG is an acronym that’s on everyone’s lips in the business world. But just what do we mean by the ‘environmental, social and...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Don’t Look Up
Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam McKay tells us how angst about climate change compelled him to make Don’t Look Up, an epic comedy disaster...
Inflation - is it back to stay?
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...
A Paris Agreement for plastics
Do we need a global treaty to tackle plastics pollution, similar to the one on climate change. Campaigners and a growing number of...
COVID and cancer: how the pandemic created another health time bomb
COVID-19 paralysed healthcare services around the world and meant many routine procedures were cancelled or delayed. That has taken a heavy...
What to expect from 2022 - what we learned at the Davos Agenda
While COVID prevented the annual Davos meeting in the Alps for a second year, leaders from governments, business, academia and civil society...
How does Earth look from space? ‘Like one big spaceship’ - astronaut Matthias Maurer on Radio Davos
Speaking live from the International Space Station, Matthias Maurer gives a fascinating glimpse of what it’s like to spend months in orbit...
COVID-19: Is the end in sight?
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....
Risks on Earth, in space and in the metaverse - the Global Risks Report 2022
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...
Rise of the machines: Prof Stuart Russell on the promises and perils of AI
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley is one of the world’s most respected experts on...
2021 in review: the global news stories of the year
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,...
COP26: success or failure?
Was the Glasgow summit just the same old ‘blah, blah, blah’ or will it help us avoid climate catastrophe? Journalist Justin Worland...
Top-10 emerging technologies
What are the breakthrough technologies that will transform our world in the next few years? Scientific American and the World Economic Forum...
COP26: How cities are tackling pollution, congestion and the climate
The main greenhouse gas causing climate change is carbon dioxide - a colourless, odourless gas that is otherwise harmless to our health. But...
