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When Climate Redefines Health

Research indicates that 3.6 billion people live in areas highly susceptible to climate change and, by 2050, the climate crisis could cause $1.1 trillion in extra costs to healthcare systems around the globe. How is the resilience of key sectors to climate change being measured and how are key actors responding to safeguard public health? This is the full audio of a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting on 23 January, 2025.

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When Climate Redefines Health

 • 41 minutes

Research indicates that 3.6 billion people live in areas highly susceptible to climate change and, by 2050, the climate crisis could cause $1.1 trillion in extra costs to healthcare systems around the globe. How is the resilience of key sectors to climate change being measured and how are key actors responding to safeguard public health? This is the full audio of a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting on 23 January, 2025.

 • 41 minutes

Research indicates that 3.6 billion people live in areas highly susceptible to climate change and, by 2050, the climate crisis could cause $1.1 trillion in extra costs to healthcare systems around the globe. How is the resilience of key sectors to climate change being measured and how are key actors responding to safeguard public health? This is the full audio of a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting on 23 January, 2025.

Unlocking Europe's Potential

 • 47 minutes

Two recent landmark reports on the European Union's economy paint an unforgiving picture of its vulnerabilities, suggesting the region faces the prospect of "slow agony". At current productivity and demographic trends, Europe's economic output is forecast to be the same in 2050 as it is today. With much of the power to correct course residing in national capitals, what will it take for leaders to rise to the challenge?

 • 47 minutes

Two recent landmark reports on the European Union's economy paint an unforgiving picture of its vulnerabilities, suggesting the region faces the prospect of "slow agony". At current productivity and demographic trends, Europe's economic output is forecast to be the same in 2050 as it is today. With much of the power to correct course residing in national capitals, what will it take for leaders to rise to the challenge?

The Arc of Progress in the 21st Century

 • 32 minutes

Looking at global headlines today, it’s hard not to feel pessimism. Have recent wars, pandemics and autocracies made the idea of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker uses data and psychology to provide a fresh perspective on progress: why it is so hard to achieve and what ideas were responsible for progress in the past and will be needed for progress to continue?

 • 32 minutes

Looking at global headlines today, it’s hard not to feel pessimism. Have recent wars, pandemics and autocracies made the idea of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker uses data and psychology to provide a fresh perspective on progress: why it is so hard to achieve and what ideas were responsible for progress in the past and will be needed for progress to continue?

Debating Education

 • 45 minutes

From integrating next-generation technologies into curricula to addressing national perceptions of cultural issues, education is at a pivotal moment in ensuring that it adequately trains and teaches future generations. In this town hall, leaders debate what success can look like for education globally. This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting on 22 January, 2025.

 • 45 minutes

From integrating next-generation technologies into curricula to addressing national perceptions of cultural issues, education is at a pivotal moment in ensuring that it adequately trains and teaches future generations. In this town hall, leaders debate what success can look like for education globally. This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting on 22 January, 2025.

The Dawn of Artificial General Intelligence?

 • 46 minutes

Artificial general intelligence could possess the versatility to reason, learn and innovate in any task. But with rising concerns about job losses, surveillance and deepfakes, will AGI be a force for progress or a threat to the very fabric of humanity? This session at the Annual Meeting 2025 was developed in collaboration with The Atlantic.

 • 46 minutes

Artificial general intelligence could possess the versatility to reason, learn and innovate in any task. But with rising concerns about job losses, surveillance and deepfakes, will AGI be a force for progress or a threat to the very fabric of humanity? This session at the Annual Meeting 2025 was developed in collaboration with The Atlantic.

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