Davos Agenda: WEF will host the Davos Agenda Summit online next week; PM Modi’s address on January 17 – Times of India

New Delhi/Geneva: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address online Almanac Summit World Economic Forum The first day of the five-day event, starting January 17, will be joined by several other global leaders who will share their vision for 2022 on the state of the world.
While the WEF had to postpone its physical annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort city of Davos due to the coronavirus pandemic, it will host the ‘Davos Agenda’ summit for the second year in a row in the week already scheduled for the event. It expects to convene the 2022 annual meeting later this year.
Announcing the programme, the WEF said that the ‘Davos Agenda 2022’ will be the first global forum for leading world leaders to share their visions for 2022 and is being convened on the theme of ‘The State of the World’.
Heads of state and government will join CEOs and other leaders for a week-long dialogue on important collective challenges and how to address them, while the dialogue will be a springboard for the annual meeting in Davos, which begins in early summer. is gonna be.
Besides Modi, world leaders to deliver the ‘State of the World’ special address will include Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indonesian President Joko . Widodo, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, US Treasury Secretary Janet El Yellen and Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
The Geneva-based WEF, which describes itself as an international organization for public-private cooperation, said radically different pandemic experiences have exacerbated global divisions, while vaccine disparities, new strains Together, international economic recovery has also slowed.
However, COVID-19 is only one of the critical global challenges, which may become unmanageable unless world leaders prioritize proactive cooperation and therefore the Davos agenda will focus on taking concrete action among key global stakeholders, added this.
Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, said, “Everyone expects that in 2022 the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crises that come with it, will finally begin to subside. But bigger global challenges await us than climate change. To rebuild trust and social unity.
“To address them, leaders will need to adopt new models, look long-term, renew cooperation and act systematically. The Davos Agenda 2022 is the starting point for the dialogue needed for global cooperation in 2022.”
Through special addresses and panels with leaders from G20 economies and international organisations, the Davos Agenda 2022 will provide important insights into a range of critical challenges. The WEF said participants will hear firsthand how these leaders will act in these and other areas.
The summit will also mobilize government and business leaders, international organizations and civil society to share their perspectives, insights and plans related to the most pressing global issues such as climate change, social contract and vaccine equity. These sessions will also provide a platform for wider engagement, helping the global public to engage and engage in dialogue.
World leaders attending the event include WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, US John F. Kerry’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela. Are included.
Davos Agenda 2022 will also mark the launch of several WEF initiatives to accelerate the race for net-zero emissions, economic opportunity for nature-positive solutions and cyber resilience.
Other launches on a diverse range of important topics will also take place between January 17-21 and include strengthening the resilience of global value chains, building economies in vulnerable markets through human investment, bridging the vaccine manufacturing gap and data for preparedness. The solution involves using . next pandemic.

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