Climate activists revving up in Davos. On the eve of the start of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in the Swiss city, the Strike WEF collective criticized its policies, for not providing, in its opinion, solutions to current problems, such as the climate catastrophe.
The number of simultaneous crises we are dealing with and their severity, starting with the war in Ukraine and its global impact after two years of pandemic, are an unprecedented challenge for the leaders’ meeting that begins this Monday, as I pointed out a few years ago. days the president of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende:
“There is no doubt that our 53rd annual meeting in Davos will take place in the most complex geopolitical and geoeconomic context in decades. The stakes are high”.
Davos is attended by public figures from 370 governments and international organizations, with a record number of Heads of State and Government, 52.
The debates begin on Tuesday morning, with interventions by the President of Switzerland, Alain Berset, as the host country, followed by that of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen), the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.
