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Dec 2023

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A year in podcasts: the best of Radio Da...

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About this episode

Radio Davos is a podcast that is as wide-ranging and thought-provoking as the work of the World Economic Forum itself. Rather than being restricted to any one topic, each week it focuses on a particular issue of global importance, such as macro-economics, the environment, technology, health, social inequalities and much more - always seeking solutions to the big problems

On this episode we listen back to a selection of episodes from 2023.

Episodes featured:

Davos 2023 Day 5: Inflation, AI, and women of influence

Welcome to the age of the polycrisis: the Global Risks Report 2023

The rise of AI and the green transition will transform the way we work: Future of Jobs Report 2023

AI: Why everyone's talking about the promise and risks of this 'powerful wild beast'

Beyond AI: the top-10 tech of 2023 set to change our lives

Disease X - how the world can stop the next pandemic

Below the Belt: the movie that lifts the taboo on endometriosis

Quality over quantity: why the time has come for 'value based health care'

"Not just sticks of carbon" - how growing trees for the climate must also benefit biodiversity

Read more:

The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2024:

https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/

Global Risks Report 2023: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2023/

The Future of Jobs Report 2023: https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2023/

AI Governance Alliance: https://initiatives.weforum.org/ai-governance-alliance/home

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023: https://www.weforum.org/publications/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2023/

Global Gender Gap Report 2023: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2023/

related podcast episode:

How COVID and cost of living hit progress on equality: the Global Gender Gap Report 2023

https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/gender-gap-report-2023/

Global Coalition for Value in Healthcare https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-coalition-for-value-in-healthcare/home

Centre for Nature and Climate https://centres.weforum.org/centre-nature-and-climate/home

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