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From pandemics to the pitfalls of AI, journalist Gillian Tett joins the Book Club Podcast to explain how an anthropologist’s view of global risks can help understand and solve them.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is weighing whether to set a hard deadline for financial firms to halt new fossil-fuel investments, if they want their net-zero emissions targets verified by the United Nations-backed group.

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) has said Argentinas future was anything but promising as a result of the lethal combination of inflation and the states financial collapse.

Davos Man has seen the future, and it is bleak. Last week, the sponsors of the World Economic Forum released their 17th annual “Global Risks” report on the most worrisome threats confronting humanity in 2022 and beyond. Sadly, this edition suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic may soon be the least of our worries.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for cooperation to address global challenges at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He also cautioned against confrontation, saying it would have "catastrophic consequences."

By Robert Muggah and Carlo RattiRIO DE JANEIRO  —  With cities facing disastrous climate stresses and shocks in the coming years, one would think they would be rushing to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies. Yet most urban residents are only dimly aware of the risks, because their cities’ mayors, managers, and councils are not collecting or analysing the right kinds

By Robert Muggah and Carlo RattiRIO DE JANEIRO  —  With cities facing disastrous climate stresses and shocks in the coming years, one would think they would be rushing to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies. Yet most urban residents are only dimly aware of the risks, because their cities’ mayors, managers, and councils are not collecting or analysing the right kinds

As leaders convene at the Davos Agenda, 17-21 Jan, the Global Risks report 2022 delivers a strong message to overcome divisions and come together to face global risks.

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