Radio Davos

It's Day 1 of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, AMNC26, in Dalian China.

Olivia Siong, Senior Correspondent at Channel News Asia, joins us to look ahead at the action at the Summer Davos where tech, innovation and geopolitics will be some of the main themes.

Catch up on all the action from World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 at wef.ch/amnc26 and across social media using the hashtag #AMNC26.

Links:

AMNC26: https://www.weforumasia.cn/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2026/

Liveblog: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/06/summer-davos-amnc-2026-day-1-live-updates/

Related podcasts:

Radio Davos Daily: AMNC26 - What to expect from "Summer Davos": https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/amnc26-what-to-expect-from-summer-davos

A "fundamental shift" in energy thinking: the Energy Transition Index 2026: https://www.weforumasia.cn/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/energy-transition-index-2026/

Chief Economists Outlook: counting the cost of the Hormuz crisis, with Maersk's Ilaria Maselli: https://www.weforumasia.cn/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-maersk-ilaria-maselli/

The rise of industrial policy - why governments are back in the business of business: https://www.weforumasia.cn/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/industrial-policy-trade-choke-points/

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The World Economic Forum's 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 will be held in Dalian, People's Republic of China, on 23-25 June. The meeting will bring together more than 1,700 leaders from over 90 countries to explore how innovation can be scaled and unlock wider economic growth.

Radio Davos is covering AMNC26 daily during the meeting. On this preview episode, Forum Managing Director Mirek Dusek tells us what to expect.

And we hear a clip from a recent Radio Davos discussion about the impact of the Strait of Hormuz crisis on the global energy transition.

Catch up on all the action from World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 at wef.ch/amnc26 and across social media using the hashtag #AMNC26.

Links:

AMNC26: https://www.weforumasia.cn/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2026/

Related podcasts:

A "fundamental shift" in energy thinking: the Energy Transition Index 2026: https://www.weforumasia.cn/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/energy-transition-index-2026/

Chief Economists Outlook: counting the cost of the Hormuz crisis, with Maersk's Ilaria Maselli: https://www.weforumasia.cn/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-maersk-ilaria-maselli/

The rise of industrial policy - why governments are back in the business of business: https://www.weforumasia.cn/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/industrial-policy-trade-choke-points/

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The World Economic Forum's Energy Transition Index has been charting the progress of global energy systems for the last 16 years.

The latest edition is published as the world has experienced an energy shock due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. We discuss what is helping and what is impeding the global transition to cleaner, more secure, more equitable energy.

Guests:

Lucy Craig, Director of Growth, Innovation, and Digitalization, DNV

Boqiang Lin, Chair Professor, School of Management, Xiamen University

Hosts:

Robin Pomeroy, host Radio Davos; Nicholas Wagner, Manager, Energy Initiatives, World Economic Forum

Links:

Energy Transition Index 2026: wef.ch/ETI26

Related podcasts:

The Iran oil shock: will it force the world to re-think the future of energy?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/oil-shocks-hormuz-iran-columbia-energy-exchange-jason-bordoff/

Chief Economists Outlook: counting the cost of the Hormuz crisis, with Maersk's Ilaria Maselli: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-maersk-ilaria-maselli/

Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: the view from Interpol and the threat to 'OT': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-cybersecurity-outlook-2026-interpol-dragos/

How to navigate a crisis: lessons from a chief investment officer: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/julius-baer-view-beyond-risk-investment/

Financial fragmentation: the $6 trillion cost of breaking the "plumbing" of global finance: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/financial-fragmentation/

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On this episode we team up with The View Beyond, a podcast from wealth management group Julius Baer, to discuss how to navigate crises.

Julius Baer's Group Chief Investment Officer Yves Bonzon gives his perspective as someone who has spent decades making high-stakes decisions on behalf of investors. This episode is a collaboration with The View Beyond, the weekend edition of Moving Markets, Julius Baer's daily flagship podcast on the markets, thematic investing, and wealth management. The co-host is Moving Markets host Bernadette Anderko. Listen to the Julius Baer podcasts wherever you get podcasts, and learn more on the Julius Baer Insights Hub: https://www.juliusbaer.com/en/insights/

Related episodes:

Financial fragmentation: the $6 trillion cost of breaking the "plumbing" of global finance: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/financial-fragmentation/

Chief Economists Outlook: counting the cost of the Hormuz crisis, with Maersk's Ilaria Maselli: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-maersk-ilaria-maselli/

The Iran oil shock: will it force the world to re-think the future of energy?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/oil-shocks-hormuz-iran-columbia-energy-exchange-jason-bordoff/

"Everything has changed" - Gita Gopinath on the global economy in 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/gita-gopinath-global-economy-2026/

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The global economy is fragmenting, and it could lead to a hit of $6 trillion to GDP worldwide. That's more than the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic or the 2008 financial crisis.

So what exactly is causing this fragmentation, and can the impacts be mitigated?

Finance industry experts join us to explore the forces of fragmentation and examine a new report by the World Economic Forum and Oliver Wyman, which quantifies its impact and details the consequences on the global economy and emerging markets in particular.

Guests:

Matt Strahan, Private Market Initiatives Lead at the World Economic Forum

Daniel Tannebaum, Global Anti-Financial Crime Practice Leader at Oliver Wyman

Anne Walsh, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Guggenheim Partners

Daniel Mminele, Chairman of Nedbank

Links:

Deepening Divides: The Cost of a More Fragmented Financial System: https://wef.ch/financialfragmentation26

Related podcasts:

Chief Economists Outlook: counting the cost of the Hormuz crisis, with Maersk's Ilaria Maselli: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-maersk-ilaria-maselli/

The Iran oil shock: will it force the world to re-think the future of energy?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/oil-shocks-hormuz-iran-columbia-energy-exchange-jason-bordoff/

The rise of industrial policy - why governments are back in the business of business: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/industrial-policy-trade-choke-points/

Welcome to Cold War Two: historian Niall Ferguson on geopolitics in 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/niall-ferguson-geopolitics-cold-war/

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As the World Economic Forum publishes its latest Chief Economists Outlook, Maersk's Head of Macro & Market Insights Ilaria Maselli gives her view on the state of the global economy.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, "the aorta of global fossil fuel trade", is one of the "biggest crises" in the history of capitalism, with huge implications for economies around the world, Maselli says.

And we discuss how the impact of the Hormuz crisis compares to the shock that the COVID pandemic imposed on the world, in terms of economic growth and inflation.

Hosted by Robin Pomeroy; interview by John Letzing

Links:

Chief Economists Outlook May 2026: https://www.weforum.org/publications/chief-economists-outlook-may-2026

Previous editions: https://www.weforum.org/publications/series/chief-economists-outlook/

Related podcasts:

The Iran oil shock: will it force the world to re-think the future of energy?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/oil-shocks-hormuz-iran-columbia-energy-exchange-jason-bordoff/

The rise of industrial policy - why governments are back in the business of business: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/industrial-policy-trade-choke-points/

"Everything has changed" - Gita Gopinath on the global economy in 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/gita-gopinath-global-economy-2026/

Chief Economists' Outlook January 2026: reassuring resilience and a 'good' bubble?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-barclays-christian-keller/

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An Olympic runner who won his country's first gold medal, an entrepreneur making cooking stoves safer and cleaner in Africa, and a campaigner for women's economic and human rights.

What do all three have in common? They are among the new cohort of Young Global Leaders, a community of individuals working to solve some of the world's big challenges.

Hosts:

Robin Pomeroy, Ida Jeng Christensen, Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders

Guests:

Charlot Magayi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mukuru Clean Stoves

Kirani James, Olympic Athlete

Trisha Shetty, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SheSays

Links:

The Forum of Young Global Leaders: https://www.younggloballeaders.org/home

Blog: Next Generation Leadership for a World in Transformation: Driving Dialogue and Action: https://www.weforum.org/publications/next-generation-leadership-for-a-world-in-transformation-driving-dialogue-and-action/

Mukuru Clean Stoves: https://mukurustoves.org/

Earthshot Prize: https://earthshotprize.org/winners-finalists/mukuru-clean-stoves/

Kirani James: https://www.kiranijames.com/

SheSays: https://weareshesays.com/

Related podcasts:

How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era: Psychologist Jonathan Haidt: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/jonathan-haidt-happiness-focus-habits-ai/

What women's sports reveals about building future leaders: Deloitte's Lara Abrash: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/womens-sports-leadership-skills-gender-gap/

Why one CEO sets 'non-goals' - and what ultramarathons taught him about focus and mental toughness: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/nicholas-thompson-focus-running-ground/

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Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist and an evangelical Christian who lives in Texas and knows how to reach out to conservatives who might see climate change as a party political rather than a science-based issue.

Two years after she last spoke to Radio Davos, Prof Hayhoe assesses the rise of climate denialism, particularly on social media, but also the rising awareness of the issue caused by increasingly frequent extreme weather events around the world.

Links:

World Economic Forum Centre for Nature and Climate: https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-future-council-on-human-science-of-environmental-action/home

Global Future Council on Human Science of Environmental Action: https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-future-council-on-human-science-of-environmental-action/home

Katharine Hayhoe's website: https://katharinehayhoe.com/

Related podcasts:

The Iran oil shock: will it force the world to re-think the future of energy?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/oil-shocks-hormuz-iran-columbia-energy-exchange-jason-bordoff/

Climate science is clearer than ever. How should companies respond?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/climate-science-policy-business-response/

What's God got to do with it? The case for faith in an age of AI: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/faith/

How to talk to a climate change sceptic: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/climate-science-katharine-hayhoe/

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"This is the largest oil supply disruption the world has ever seen."

Jason Bordoff of the Center on Global Energy Policy and the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast joins us to explore the potential long-term impacts on global energy systems of the oil shock caused by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

The episode, recorded a few days before the news that the UAE was quitting OPEC, was made in collaboration with the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast: https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/series/columbia-energy-exchange/

Links:

Columbia Energy Exchange podcast: https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/series/columbia-energy-exchange/

The Iran Shock And the Dangerous Allure of Energy Autarky (Foreign Policy): https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/iran-shock

Energy independence could make America more aggressive (Financial Times): https://www.ft.com/content/2c2c6f08-d5c0-41e5-ab0c-1605dba64582?shareType=nongift

Energy Transition Index (World Economic Forum), available from 17 June, 2026: wef.ch/ETI26

What leaders are saying about the renewed geopolitics of energy (World Economic Forum): https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/geopolitics-of-energy-what-leaders-are-saying/

3 lessons on the energy transition in an age of crisis (World Economic Forum): https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/3-lessons-energy-transition-age-of-crisis/

World Economic Forum Centre for Energy and Materials: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-energy-and-materials/

Related podcasts:

The rise of industrial policy - why governments are back in the business of business: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/industrial-policy-trade-choke-points/

Welcome to Cold War Two: historian Niall Ferguson on geopolitics in 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/niall-ferguson-geopolitics-cold-war/

"Everything has changed" - Gita Gopinath on the global economy in 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/gita-gopinath-global-economy-2026/

Are we on track for the energy transition? Insights from three CEOs: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/energy-transition-electrification-siemens-aes-envision/

Climate science is clearer than ever. How should companies respond?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/climate-science-policy-business-response/

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Industrial policy - government intervention in the economy - is on the rise around the world. Is this a new era for global trade, and what will be the impact on economies and international relations?

Speakers:

Erik Peterson, Partner and Managing Director, Global Business Policy Council, Kearney

Lizhi Liu, Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

Links:

Forum Stories:

Governments are now economic super actors. What does this mean for business?: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/governments-economic-actors-the-challenge-for-business/

Four trends to watch as China's industrial policy evolves: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/02/china-industrial-policy-four-trends-to-watch/

Resources:

New Industrial Policy Observatory (NIPO): https://globaltradealert.org/reports/new-industrial-policy-observatory-nipo

Further reading:

Kearney: From Globalization to Islandization: https://www.kearney.com/service/global-business-policy-council/article/-/insights/from-globalization-to-islandization

OpenAI: Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/561e7512-253e-424b-9734-ef4098440601/Industrial%20Policy%20for%20the%20Intelligence%20Age.pdf

Chokepoints, American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare, by Edward Fishman: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726149/chokepoints-by-edward-fishman/

IMF: Industrial Policy Since the Great Financial Crisis: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/10/31/industrial-policy-since-the-great-financial-crisis-570816

NBER: Decoding China's Industrial Policies: https://www.nber.org/papers/w33814

Exporting Automation, Not Just Goods: Evidence from China's Industrial Robot Exports by Zhengrui Cheng, Shiliang Cui, Lizhi Liu: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6399698

Related podcasts:

Superpower rivalry and geopolitics in Trump 2.0: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/geopolitics-lynn-kuok-the-national/

"New era, new mood, new challenges" - historian Adam Tooze on why things will never be the same again: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/adam-tooze-cnbc-china-us-history/

Tariffs, globalization, and democracy, with Harvard economist Dani Rodrik: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/dani-rodrik-economics-globalization-tariffs/

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