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November 12, 2025

Iceland just found its first wild mosquitoes. Is climate change to blame?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

On 16 October, a man in western Iceland spotted a ‘strange fly’ at dusk. He called in the experts, who confirmed they were the first wild mosquitoes ever discovered in Iceland, and there were three of them.

Until this autumn, #Iceland was one of just two mosquito-free zones on Earth, along with Antarctica). Experts are wary of linking the rogue bugs directly to climate change, but their discovery comes in the wake of a spring of record-breaking heat in the Arctic nation.

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November 8, 2025

Protecting the most at-risk tropical forests would save 25 million jobs

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Every year, the planet loses an area of tropical forest equivalent to the size of South Korea. And overall, almost one-quarter of all tropical forests are at high risk of being lost, according to a new report by UNEP.

These threatened areas provide a host of benefits: from safeguarding jobs and food security for millions of people to recycling and decontaminating freshwater. To save these forests, says UNEP, the world needs to more than triple its annual investment in forest protection.

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November 8, 2025

Google’s Quantum Advantage & AI-Powered Trucks Cutting Emissions | WEF | Top Stories of the Week

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

00:15 – Google reaches quantum advantages: This quantum computer has run a verifiable algorithm 13,000 times faster than the world’s fastest ‘classical’ supercomputer, says Google, making what the company calls a ‘significant step’ towards the first real-world applications of quantum computing. But what might we realistically expect in the near future? In this video, UC Berkeley professors Umesh Vazirani and Dan Stamper-Kurn discuss the possibilities of quantum technology.

02:04 – What is hyper-fermentation: Fermentation can transform simple and sustainable inputs into a wide range of products, from proteins for sports and infant nutrition, to chemicals for sustainable aviation fuel. Australian start-up Cauldron has developed a way to scale up this technology, boost its efficiency and bring down the cost of its end products.

03:55 – AI-powered trucks reduce emissions: Start-up Einride’s planning system leverages AI to make electric fleets more efficient, cost-effective and productive, incorporating real-time factors such as traffic, charging infrastructure and energy consumption to keep trucks running, maximize their payload per charge and minimize the amount of time they spend idle or empty.

06:00 – Indian salt farmers become solar engineers: From salt farmers to solar technicians: India’s largest union for informal workers, the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), is spearheading a project in Gujarat that is boosting informal women workers’ incomes by up to 600%, and cutting CO2 emissions at the same time.

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November 6, 2025

After 2025’s ‘seismic’ shock, what’s next for development and aid?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Governments in the global North have slashed aid budgets at a time when humanitarian needs have reached record levels, forcing a rethink on global aid and development.

In this podcast, co-hosted by humanitarian news agency Devex, we look at where things may go from here and what new models of cooperation might offer hope.

Hosts:
Robin Pomeroy, Radio Davos, World Economic Forum
Raj Kumar, This Week in Global Development, Devex

Guests:
Carla Haddad Mardini, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Julienne Oyler, CEO, Inkomoko

Links:
Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative: https://initiatives.weforum.org/humanitarian-and-resilience-investing-initiative
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship: www.schwabfound.org – look out for forthcoming report, Social Enterprise in Africa.

UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/
Inkomoko: https://www.inkomoko.com/
Devex: https://www.devex.com/

Related podcasts:
This Week in Global Development: https://www.devex.com/news/this-week-in-global-development-106893
Superpower rivalry and geopolitics in Trump 2.0: https://wef.ch/4oOOsys
We have entered the age of "persistent disruption" – Visa’s Wayne Best on the Chief Economists Outlook: http://wef.ch/4puuU3m
What you might get wrong about progress – Lessons for leaders: Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/steven-pinker-harvard-humanity-doing-better/

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November 5, 2025

Lynn Kuok: Trade, security, soft power.

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

How does the relationship between the US and China shape the rest of the world?

Geopolitics expert Lynn Kuok of the Brookings Institution joins Mina Al-Oraibi of The National (UAE) on the latest episode of #RadioDavos.

🎧 Watch or listen to the full episode at the link in our bio.

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November 4, 2025

In this silent hospital, patients are getting better faster

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Hospital wards can be noisy places, even at night – and this is affecting patient recovery times.

In the UK, the Silent Hospital Pilot Project – a collaboration between the NHS and DNV Imatis – is trying a different approach. It’s trialling a new system on an antenatal ward that replaces the bells patients ring to attract the attention of nurses or midwives with alerts that are sent directly to staff’s mobile phones. The results so far? Better rested newborns and mothers, faster recovery times, and more efficient patient care.

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November 3, 2025

Superpower rivalry and geopolitics in Trump 2.0

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

How does the superpower rivalry between the US and China dictate international relations more broadly? And what does it mean for the future of trade, security and development?

Lee Kuan Yew, Chair in Southeast Asia Studies at the Brookings Institution, and a member of the Forum’s Global Future Council on Geopolitics, analyses the state of the global relations almost a year into the second Donald Trump presidency.

This episode is a collaboration between Radio Davos and Beyond the Headlines, the flagship podcast of The National, the UAE’s leading English-language newspaper. It was recorded at the Forum’s Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity in Dubai on 15 October, 2025. It is co-hosted by Mina Al-Oraibi, The National’s Editor-in-Chief.

Links:
Network of Global Future Councils: https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-future-council
Global Future Council on Geopolitics: https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-future-council-on-geopolitics
The National: https://www.thenationalnews.com/

Related podcasts:
Beyond the Headlines podcast: https://www.thenationalnews.com/podcasts/beyond-the-headlines/

Radio Davos:
We have entered the age of "persistent disruption" – Visa’s Wayne Best on the Chief Economists Outlook: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-visa-wayne-best/
"New era, new mood, new challenges" – historian Adam Tooze on why things will never be the same again: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/adam-tooze-cnbc-china-us-history/

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Meet the Leader – subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560
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November 2, 2025

Google says it has reached ‘quantum advantage’. What does that mean?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

This quantum computer has run a verifiable algorithm 13,000 times faster than the world’s fastest ‘classical’ supercomputer, says Google, making what the company calls a ‘significant step’ towards the first real-world applications of quantum computing.

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WA-peg1Yb4o

November 1, 2025

AI Chatbots & Nigerian Seeds in Space | WEF | Top Stories of the Week

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

This week’s top stories of the week include:

0:14 – Is climate scepticism really on the rise?:
Climate denial may be getting louder online, says Texas Tech University professor Katharine Hayhoe, but in the real world, polling data shows that most people now recognize the #climate is changing, because they can see the evidence with their own eyes.

3:42 – These Nigerian seeds have been to space. Now scientists are studying the impacts: Could Nigeria’s beloved #egusi seeds fuel the next generation of astronauts? Searching for an alternative to the ultra-processed, freeze-dried meals #astronauts currently rely on, scientist sent the seeds into space. Now, after 7 days in orbit, the seeds will be studied to see if they’d be suitable space grub – and for genetic changes that could make them more useful to farmers on Earth.

6:23 – How much does your AI chatbot really know about you?: Generative AI and chatbots are now a fixture in many people’s daily lives – and they don’t think twice about sharing confidential information with them. But there are risks to doing this, says Hoda Al Khzaimi, Associate Vice Provost for Research, Translation and Entrepreneurship at NYUAD.

9:27 – How AI is rescuing critical minerals from the scrap heap: Batteries pose a growing problem at e-waste facilities, sparking fires in refuse trucks or processing lines. And due to the rise of low-cost ‘fast tech’ such as earbuds and vapes, there are more batteries lurking in e-waste than ever before. This AI system is helping to solve the problem with a quickfire sorting mechanism. It scans conveyor belts for likely batteries and shoots them off the line for processing with a precise jet of compressed air.

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October 30, 2025

Nick Wagner: How AI is shaping the future of clean energy

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

The clean energy transition is speeding up – but can AI keep it on track?

For the first time since before COVID, global progress toward cleaner, more secure energy systems is accelerating.

In this video, Nicholas Wagner, Manager for Energy and Industry Transition Intelligence at the World Economic Forum, explains how $3.3 trillion will be invested in the #energy system this year – with twice as much capital flowing to #renewables as to fossil fuels.

Find out which countries are leading, how #AI is reshaping the future of energy, and what challenges remain, in the 2025 Energy Transition Index.

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