Category: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

An unpredictable operating environment is weighting on global growth and traditional engines such as trade are expected to expand by just 0.9% in 2025. With debt-to-GDP reaching a record 95%, there is increasingly limited space for leaders to make drastic policy and operational changes. At the same time, AI is emerging as a key driver of growth in some economies, improving productivity, enabling new business models and accelerating innovation across industries.

What will be the new sources of growth and how can we ensure that the benefits are shared broadly?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DOhr39m6-I

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Digital embassies offer an emerging model that allows nations to extend sovereign digital infrastructure beyond their borders while maintaining control over data, compute and governance. However, establishing such arrangements requires political alignment, legal clarity and robust technical and operational safeguards.

The Digital Embassy Framework, spearheaded by the World Economic Forum and co-developed with stakeholders, will provide a shared baseline for designing, governing and operating trusted digital embassies worldwide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRT2evXI8DY

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Nature-based solutions have moved from aspiration to necessity as climate shocks and biodiversity loss intensify. Every $1 invested in restoring degraded land can generate an estimated $7-$30 in economic benefits, making the case for scaling natural infrastructure in land and ocean ecosystems both urgent and compelling.

As economies tighten and priorities compete, what does it mean to seek a meaningful return on nature?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd8XtzctwiM

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

A special address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miM4ur5WH3Y

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Forced displacement has reached unprecedented levels, with more than 122 million people affected worldwide as of mid-2025. As natural disasters and geopolitical pressures intensify this trend, the growing scale and complexity of forced displacement underscores the need for new financial and operational approaches.

How can the way we approach this challenge be changed to build more effective systems that respect human lives?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQ8QyWsdQ8

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Each year, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship recognizes and supports the world’s leading social innovators for their collective efforts in creating a just, equitable and sustainable world for all.

Join us for the 2026 Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Awards ceremony to celebrate this year’s outstanding changemakers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FnBl32GKE

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

What is the power of radical stillness when living in a fast-paced, increasingly hyperconnected world?

In this session, the works of renowned conceptual and performance artist Marina Abramović are explored through a lens of intentional slowness, examining what it can teach us about empathy, culture and the future of human connection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBWNJ8BeUVo

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

With competing interests from the West to the East, the balance of influence and power in the Caucasus and Central Asia is being redrawn. Ambitious infrastructure plans and emerging trade corridors intersect, with heightened competition over resources.

How can the region make the most of these expanding routes and strengthen its role within them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owgFfa0EknQ

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

AI’s rapid growth is fuelling a trillion-dollar wave of data centre investment and a race to secure cheap, clean and abundant energy. As developers chase hydro, nuclear and geothermal sources, a new energy infrastructure is taking shape.

How will this race for power redefine AI’s next phase and what new business approaches will emerge to sustain it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHdXkXORHww

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

A conversation with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEr6KPEUt2E