WEF Davos summit to call on world leaders to address eco, energy, food crises

The World Economic Forum WEF said its annual Davos meeting will call on leaders from across the globe to address immediate economic energy and food crises while laying the groundwork for a more sustainable and resilient worldAnnouncing the schedule for the fiveday meeting in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos from January 1620 the WEF said it is expecting significant participation from Asia including China and JapanFrom India at least four union ministers Mansukh Mandaviya Ashwini Vaishnaw Smriti Irani and R K Singh as also three chief ministers Yogi Adityanath Eknath Shinde and B S Bommai are expected to be present in addition to nearly 100 leaders from business and other areasThe theme of the 53rd Annual Meeting would be Cooperation in a Fragmented World and it will convene more than 2700 leaders from 130 countries including 52 heads of stategovernmentTop political leaders taking part include German Chancellor Olaf Scholz European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen European Parliament President Roberta Metsola South Korean President Yoon Sukyeol South Africa President Cyril M Ramaphosa Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Swiss President Alain Berset and Finland Prime Minister Sanna MarinAlso Read Shortage of healthcare workers globally may rise to 10 mn by decadeend World Economic Forum studyOther top leaders include John F Kerry Special Presidential Envoy for Climate of the United States of America Avril Haines US Director of National Intelligence Martin J Walsh Secretary of Labor of the United States Katherine Tai United States Trade Representative and Christine Lagarde President European Central BankHeads of international organisations taking part include UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva WTO Director General Ngozi OkonjoIweala NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusThe WEF said the annual meeting comes as multiple crises deepen divisions and fragment the geopolitical landscape and leaders must address peoples immediate critical needs while also laying the groundwork for a more sustainable resilient world by the end of the decadeWe see the manifold political economic and social forces creating increased fragmentation on a global and national level To address the root causes of this erosion of trust we need to reinforce cooperation between the government and business sectors creating the conditions for a strong and durable recovery WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab saidAt the same time there must be the recognition that economic development needs to be made more resilient more sustainable and nobody should be left behind he addedThe programme of the 53rd Annual Meeting focuses on solutions and publicprivate cooperation to tackle the worlds most pressing challengesIt encourages world leaders to work together on the interconnected issues of energy climate and nature investment trade and infrastructure frontier technologies and industry resilience jobs skills social mobility and health and geopolitical cooperation in a multipolar world said the WEF which describes itself as an international organisation for publicprivate cooperationSpecial emphasis is on gender and geographical diversity across all sessions it addedThis year will bring about the highestever business participation at Davos with over 1500 leaders registered across 700 organisations including over 600 of the worlds top CEOs with toplevel representation from sectors such as financial services energy materials and infrastructure and information and communication technologiesLeaders from civil society taking part in the meeting include Gavi the Vaccine Alliance CEO Seth F Berkley International Transport Workers Federation GeneralSecretary Stephen Cotton Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chads President Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Religions for Peace SecretaryGeneral Azza Karam and Art of Living Foundation Founder Sri Sri Ravi ShankarMore than 125 experts and heads of the worlds leading universities research institutions and think tanks will also join the meetingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever