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Davos 2026 and this year's highlights in rear view

Green growth, nature and tech

Humanity and AI

Davos 2026 and this year's highlights in rear view

Forum in Focus In charts: The global reach and convening power of Davos

The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos has brought together leaders for over half a century, growing into the foremost gathering for global dialogue.

Forum in Focus Davos 2026: The World Economic Forum's 56th Annual Meeting takes place under the theme ‘A Spirit of Dialogue’

Leadership 15 top leaders, Harvard professors and CEOs share the books that changed them: 2025 Books Roundup

Global Cooperation Debt, AI and geopolitical division: takeaways from the 2025 IMF-World Bank fall meetings

Emerging Technologies These are the Nobel Prize winners of 2025 – and why their work matters

Leadership 16 books that changed leaders in 2025

Forum in Focus What is Davos? 7 things to know about the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting

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Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics

Helping stakeholders navigate global and regional priorities in a complex geopolitical and geo-economic landscape.

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Global Cooperation The Global Cooperation Barometer 2025 – Second Edition

Geo-Economics and Politics Global cooperation has flatlined. Here’s how to revive it

Leading Voices

Understand the perspectives of leaders and change-makers in business, politics and civil society.

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Geo-Economics and Politics

Climate change is still on top of the Global Agenda

Special Address by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission, European Commission

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Arts and Culture

We should not underestimate our individual power to do good

Watch the Crystal Awards 2025

Diane von Furstenberg

Founder and Co-Chairwoman, Diane Von Furstenberg Studio

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Economic Growth

This is a positive note that emerging markets did well in the last few years

Emerging Economies amid Shocks

Gita Gopinath

Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics, Harvard University

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Economic Growth

All the ingredients for US will be the continuation of its strength

The Global Economic Outlook

Laurence Fink

Co-Chair, World Economic Forum; Chair and CEO, BlackRock

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Arts and Culture

I have always believed in the potential of children

Watch the Crystal Awards 2025

David Beckham

Co-Owner, Inter Miami; Partner, Authentic Brands Group

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Emerging Technologies

It is important that countries that are leading the race understand the risks and manage it

Watch the session The Dawn of Artificial General Intelligence

Yoshua Bengio

Full Professor, University of Montreal

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Emerging Technologies

Accessibility is key to the digital revolution

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Satya Nadella

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Gender equality is the best chance against global challenges

Arts and Culture

Michelle Yeoh

Actress, Producer, United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador

Green growth, nature and tech

Nature and Biodiversity 7 ways the tech sector can lead the nature-positive transition

The tech sector could unlock $800 billion by leading a nature-positive transition through sustainable water, energy, supply chains and policy innovation.

Energy Transition Can growth be good for the planet? Yes, says this expert.

Emerging Technologies 3 ways data centres can avoid doubling their energy use by 2030

Climate Action and Waste Reduction Already a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Market: CEO Guide to Growth in the Green Economy

Climate Action and Waste Reduction Nature Positive: Role of the Technology Sector

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Centre for Nature and Climate

Accelerating net-zero climate action, regenerating food, water and ocean systems, and promoting circular economies.

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Climate Action and Waste Reduction What is The First Movers Coalition?

Nature and Biodiversity Voices for Nature: The call for a new economic model

Humanity and AI

Economic Growth Too offbeat to automate? Here's a reason economies still need more people, not less

As we wait for AI to match the output of history's biggest and quirkiest thinkers, a new Forum report calls creativity the "hard currency" of the job market.