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.
More than 2,000 business, government and civil society leaders and 25 heads of state or government are set to meet virtually for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda this week to tackle the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic and address .
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BEIJING, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Against the backdrop of a pandemic that has taken tolls on global public health and put the world economy in deep recession, the world in 2020 left many living with fear and uncertainty with the situation further worsening due to other emerging challenges.
The chaotic situation the world currently faces is similar to that of four years ago when Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his first landmark speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF), offering Chinese solutions to the global community.
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