What does it take to get world leaders to listen to each other?
Listen to a behind-the-scenes discussion on the power of social media with Adrian Monck, managing director of the World Economic Forum:
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The number of acid-attack victims is around 400 and that seems manageable to me says
@iamsrk
. He shares with the panel how he would like to personally employ those affected in his own company one day
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On Friday 7th June, 2019, HRH The Prince of Wales hosted a roundtable discussion on Sustainable Markets and Financing with the support of the World Economic Forum.
As human beings we are so keen to put things into boxes to understand them- and that has happened with women. Women have been defined to be a certain way and we need to break this in order to progress
@iamsrk
tells
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While working with acid attack victims I learnt that they didn’t need my charity or my sympathy, instead they were strong and courageous all on their own says,
@iamsrk
, Actor and Crystal Award honouree
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We are in a world where so many are categorized and Davos shows us that we need to connect with people in order to heal the fractures in the world
@iamsrk
tells
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A women is not allowed in a society to assert her choice and there are different ways and levels of brutalization that men go to so that women don’t asset their choice and this is the most brutal
@iamsrk
tells
@TaniaBryer
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The
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Davos Agenda will take place 25-29 January 2021. Join in the conversation by using
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China’s 6.6% growth in 2018 is its slowest in nearly 3 decades, trade tensions continue between the world’s largest economies. Where are the bright spots in the world economy? The
@IMF
present their outlook for the global economy
@lagarde
@imfnews
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"Treat the natural world with respect and reverence. It’s the source of all wonder, we’re bound up together. The future is in our hands, we have never been more powerful, we can wreck it with ease and if we wreck it, in the end we wreck ourselves" - Sir David Attenborough
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Emmerson Mnangagwa
@edmnangagwa
says Zimbabwe wants to embrace the international community and wants the international community to embrace it in return
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.
@JaneGoodallInst
and
@Benioff
explain why the worsening climate crisis, COVID-19 and ongoing wildfires make tree planting more critical than ever, and how planting 1 trillion trees by 2030 could capture 200 gigatonnes of carbon.
@1t_org
The gap to financing the Sustainable Development Goals remains in the trillions; pledges from international financial institutions only amount to $400 billion. How can public and private sector attract funds for inclusive and sustainable development?
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‘New world – new currency. How to make the financial system resilient as digital currencies proliferate’.
Watch this session live at Cyber Polygon here:
@sberbank
@bizone_en
Nearly half the world’s energy is expected to be generated from wind and solar by 2050. How will this future be shaped by today’s technological, social and political shifts?
@SchneiderElec
@CleanGridView
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Live Now: A conversation with Salesforce Founder and Chief Executive Officer Marc
@benioff
on transformational leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution:
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@PaulKagame
says Rwanda has had 7 to 8% growth for the last 15 years because they invested in education and infrastructure to provide a backbone, then looked at the business environment and created a conducive environment for investment.
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Today, sticking to a rules-based international order is more important than ever,
@narendramodi
says, although adding that we need to reform major international institutions
#modi
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@algore
asks Sir David Attenborough how serious is the climate change crisis? Sir David says: "I can’t imagine anything more serious and change is accelerating, things are getting worse faster. The maddening thing is we know how to deal with it, we just need to do so."
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