Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
From energy price swings and growing inflationary pressure to rising debt and interest rates, economic data shifts are sending mixed signals across the developed and developing world.
What picture is the data sharing about the state of the world economy and which numbers are the most important?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Emerging markets, home to the critical resources underpinning the energy transition, are becoming the centre of global energy growth. From rapid renewable scale-up in India and Brazil to China’s leadership in clean technologies and the GCC’s deep investment capacity, a new model is taking shape.
How are these and other partnerships accelerating power system expansion in emerging markets as global cooperation corridors are redefined?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
China is the second-largest developer of new medicines, with its companies running an increasing share of the world’s clinical trials. It is also rising to the top in several critical areas of research, including cancer.
As discovery accelerates, what will faster and more competitive drug development mean for patients and how will it affect the prices they pay?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
For more than a decade, the World Economic Forum has been surveying decision-makers and experts on exponential technologies on the cusp of transforming economies and societies.
Join us for the rundown of the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026 and a discussion on their projected impact.
Source: United Nations (video statements)
Briefing by Claudio Cordone, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, on the situation in the Middle East.
Cordone said that the scale of the challenges facing the transitional parliament in the country “cannot be overstated.” He said, “More than eight months since the main elections, the People’s Assembly has still not been constituted, awaiting the Presidential appointment of a third of its members. The delay is generating anxiety. Syria needs the People’s Assembly to begin its work. And it needs all Syrians – in particular, Syria’s women and its various components – to feel meaningfully represented in it. The scale of the challenges facing this transitional parliament cannot be overstated. New laws need to be debated and adopted, executive actions need to be reviewed, diverse voices must be heard, and progress made on the transition.”
Cordone noted, “Last week, demonstrations in Idlib, Aleppo, Hama, Deir ez-Zor and Damascus saw participants calling for accountability for crimes committed during the conflict and demanding legal action against individuals associated with abuses under the former regime. In some locations, these demonstrations were accompanied by violence.”
He added, “The government announced that 5,989 persons linked to the former regime are in detention and awaiting prosecution for crimes allegedly committed after 2011. These developments highlight transitional justice challenges facing Syria, with frustration from lack of perceived sufficient progress. While the government swiftly calmed the situation, to avoid repetition of such incidents there needs to be a sense of the past being addressed swiftly yes, but also fairly.”
Cordone reported, “No progress on the implementation of the September 2025 Roadmap of confidence-building and reintegration in Sweida. The underlying issues that contributed to the violence of July 2025 remain unresolved, including accountability measures. Distrust between Damascus and actors within Sweida persists, as do strong feelings of distrust at societal level. Calls within Sweida for secession threaten to undermine the country’s unity and territorial integrity.”
He also said, “Israeli military activity in southern Syria has continued, including in violation of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement. Israeli forces have maintained presence in the area of separation and conducted near-daily incursions across parts of southern Syria, establishing temporary checkpoints and carrying out searches and detentions of civilians.”
Cordone continued, “The Syrian Government has exercised restraint while signaling openness to a security arrangement with Israel, although no tangible progress has been achieved to date. The United Nations in Syria is enhancing its efforts to address the needs of the affected population amidst continued Israeli military activity. We strongly reiterate our call on Israel to adhere to the 1974 Agreement, release those illegally detained and respect Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Science and art have always shared a common spark: curiosity. When creative inquiry meets scientific exploration, new pathways for imagination and innovation begin to unfold.
From laboratory research to participatory experiences, artists and scientists have collaborated across disciplines, transforming biomedical questions into sensory encounters, translating climate data into immersive environments and turning AI into interactive artworks that question how we see and know the world.
Join this session to discover how experiments become experiences and how creativity becomes a catalyst for discovery.
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Join the opening press conference for a forward-looking overview of the meeting’s priorities, as leaders discuss how to turn global disruption into opportunity through innovation, cooperation and scalable solutions. The session will also highlight anticipated outcomes and explore key themes at the core of the programme.
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Tariffs, export controls and mechanisms such as investment screening have become central instruments of economic management. This is pushing strategic players to leverage their production of critical resources and the concentration of critical supply chain inputs.
In an increasingly fractured economy, what is the right balance between protecting national interests while continuing to seek economic collaboration?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
From supply chain optimization to real-time medical diagnosis, industries are rushing to embed AI everywhere. Yet, across major economies, over 80% of businesses report no measurable impact of AI on their company in the past three years.
With AI being deployed everywhere but with uneven impact, how do organizations ensure they are staying ahead?
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
It’s Day 1 of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, AMNC26, in Dalian China.
Olivia Siong, Senior Correspondent at Channel News Asia, joins us to look ahead at the action at the Summer Davos where tech, innovation and geopolitics will be some of the main themes.
Catch up on all the action from World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 at wef.ch/amnc26 and across social media using the hashtag #AMNC26.
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Radio Davos Daily: AMNC26 – What to expect from "Summer Davos": https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/amnc26-what-to-expect-from-summer-davos
A “fundamental shift” in energy thinking: the Energy Transition Index 2026: https://www.weforumasia.cn/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/energy-transition-index-2026/
Chief Economists Outlook: counting the cost of the Hormuz crisis, with Maersk’s Ilaria Maselli: https://www.weforumasia.cn/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-maersk-ilaria-maselli/
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