Forum Stories

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Welcome to Forum Stories. Here’s what we’ll cover in this edition: In focus this week: Davos 2025 – what to know. Leading voices: Has global cooperation flatlined?; Why cybersecurity is more complex than ever; 2025’s biggest risks. In other news: Reversing nature loss by 2030; investment in climate-related health; the Global Lighthouse Network.

1/5 Forum highlights

Highlights from the World Economic Forum this week include: A call for collaboration in the Intelligent Age. The Pre-Annual Meeting 2025 Press Conference kicked off Davos, with much more to come next week when Forum Stories goes daily to cover the highlights. This week saw the release of new insights on global risks, cybersecurity and the latest Chief Economists Outlook. Read all our publications here.

2/5 In focus: Davos 2025 – What to know

Davos 2025: What to expect and who’s coming. Find out more about the near 3,000 leaders – including 350 governmental leaders – from over 130 countries  who will take part in the Annual Meeting this year.

The podcasts to listen to during Davos 2025. Centred on the theme ‘Collaboration for the Intelligent Age’, this article shares some of the top episodes from the Forum’s podcasts Radio Davos, Meet The Leader and Agenda Dialogues that will help you get up to speed for #WEF25.

This year’s Annual Meeting will be accessible to the public with over 220 sessions livestreamed. See the highlights here and follow the action across our digital channels using #WEF25.

The Annual Meeting’s programme is shaped both by the Forum’s continuing work and the latest global developments. Find out how to follow the conversations on our digital channels.

What exactly is the Intelligent Age? Leaders from business, politics, academia and civil society will convene at this year’s Annual Meeting with sessions organized into five sub-themes. Find out more about the buzzwords and phrases  you’re likely to hear next week and beyond.

Navigating two decades of global risks. From declining optimism to extreme weather events, complex risks are redefining the global outlook and setting the agenda for conversations at Davos. Driven by insights from 900+ experts, the Forum’s 20th Global Risks Report explores the immediate, short and long-term risks ahead and the multilateral solutions urgently needed.

What to expect from the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2025? From the key themes to leaders in attendance, here are some interesting facts about the event taking place next week.

3/5 Leading voices

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, climate extremes and technological shifts, cooperation is more critical than ever. Hear from McKinsey and Company’s Bob Sternfels and the Forum’s Børge Brende on the second edition of the Global Cooperation Barometer.

Five leaders on the greatest cybersecurity challenges of the moment. From geopolitical tensions to overlapping supply chains, cyberspace is becoming increasingly complex for organizations to navigate, write Giulia Moschetta and Ellie Winslow, diving into the Forum’s latest Global Cybersecurity Outlook.

The risks defining 2025 and onwards. The Forum’s Head of Global Risks, Mark Elsner was joined by Ngaire Woods and Azeem Azhar on Radio Davos to dissect the latest Global Risks report.

GenAI is now a necessary foundation for resilience in an unpredictable future. Jasper AI’s CEO, Timothy Young, makes the case for integrating GenAI into operations to strengthen business resilience against external shocks and build organizational success.

4/5 In other news: what to know

3 things to know about cybersecurity in 2025. As the complexity of cyberspace increases, so does ‘cyber inequity’, learn more about the importance of building cyber resilience and equity in our video.

The pathways to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. The Forum’s new Nature Positive series focuses on key sectors, from chemicals to offshore wind, to highlight industries’ impacts on nature. Find out more about the strategies needed for a nature-positive future.

18 industrial sites have joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network. The GLN celebrates organizations that have achieved extraordinary advancements in productivity and sustainability. Find out more about the now 189 pioneering industry leaders deploying Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies across manufacturing and value chains.

The budget needed to halve climate change’s adverse health effects. Investment in climate-related life sciences innovation must reach $65 billion over the next five to eight years. Find out how this could save around 6.5 million lives and avoid $5.8 trillion in economic losses.

5/5 World Economic Forum in the news

Why we need cooperation and collaboration in the Intelligent Age An article from the World Economic Forum’s Executive Chairman, Klaus Schwab TIME

Preparing for a ‘geopolitical recession’ An interview with the World Economic Forum’s President, Børge Brende  TIME

Five ways we can build a better future  Highlights transformative ideas from the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders TIME