Davos President to Asharq Al-Awsat: Extreme Poverty Levels Rising for First Time in Two Decades
Børge Brende warns of the continuation of a fractured world and calls for a global compact.
Monday, 25 January, 2021 - 06:00
Brende speaks at Building Sustainable Markets at The World Economic Forum. (WEF)
London - Najlaa Habriri
The continuation of a fractured world, lack of international collaboration and rising inequalities within and between countries will impede efforts to fight the pandemic and face the climate change crisis, warned the president of the World Economic Forum in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat.
“We need to make sure that the recovery (from the Covid-19 pandemic) will be sustained, and that it will be inclusive,” Børge Brende insisted on the eve of the “Davos Agenda” week.