A new U.S. president’s promise to expand fossil fuels that is at odds with global ambitions to combat climate change will be a topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum.

Among the issues likely to be explored at the World Economic Forum this week is the future of Ukraine and its impact on Europe.

Carolina Klint, chief commercial officer at Marsh McLennan Europe, discusses the findings of the World Economic Forum’s “Global Risks Report 2025.”

With a focus on melting ice caps, Joseph Fowler, the World Economic Forum’s head of arts and culture, completes an environmental trilogy of opening concerts at the forum's annual meeting in Davos

It means that we are in a polarized, fragmented world where we see less cooperation than in the past, and more competition. There is more focus on national interest. That is a challenge, as many of the biggest problems we face need global solutions.

It’s that time of the year again: from January 20 to 24, the world’s business and political elite is headed to Davos, Switzerland for the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sarcastically commented on the new proposal from Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who wants to meet on January 21 at the Davos forum, Bloomberg informs. In particular,

PRAGUE, January 17. /TASS/. Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico offered Vladimir Zelensky to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21 to discuss the future relations between the two countries, he said after the phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kentucky Gov. Andrew Beshear will be speaking at Davos about economic opportunity, while Sanders will also address Big Tech.