Davos Summit Digest

• Musk publicly labels Ambani India's "real boss," accusing him of blocking Starlink to protect a monopoly
• Starlink secured a satcom license but...

Global EV adoption is surging: sales rose 33% in Europe, 62% in Southeast Asia, and 132% in Latin America year-on-year, with China exceeding 60% of...

• Income shift: Median family real income rose 7% from 2021-2024, while top 10% earners saw a 14% drop to $652,000.
• Wealth divergence: Top 10%...

Murat Kurum, COP31 president-designate, urges wealthy countries to spend much more on climate than the 5% of GDP promised for defence, insisting "the...

Denver's 1876 assessed wealth exceeded $9.1 million—six times Pueblo's despite its smaller population—with the Kansas Pacific Railway alone at...

Sam Altman's vision of AI sparking a new Renaissance of creativity faces sharp pushback from both a timely film and historical critique.

• Film...

The ‘Davos of travel’ highlighted three fast-moving shifts for the sector.

• AI-enabled tourism: Travellers already use AI to plan trips; the next...

Helsinki's city council voted to restrict advertising for fossil fuels and carbon-intensive industries like aviation and tourism, arguing cities...

Pacific leaders are investing in their own Pacific Resilience Facility to escape the red tape of international climate funds. This move signals a push for faster, locally controlled finance in vulnerable island states.

Corporate alliances frame the low-carbon transition as a strategic economic imperative, urging governments to deliver stable policy frameworks, mobilise climate finance, and modernise electricity grids ahead of COP31.

The IPCC's reports may miss the 2028 climate negotiations, alarming countries seeking stronger action. This exposes how institutional delays in climate science can undermine timely political decisions.

UNCTAD forecasts global growth slowing to 2.6% in 2026 as Middle East energy shocks hit the economy, even after record $35 trillion trade in 2025...

Separatist rhetoric urging Quebec, Alberta and the EU to break apart forms part of a deliberate campaign by American oligarchs to weaken sovereign...

A new book by Dugan and Wagner proposes specific, accountable solutions to fix the multilateral system's dysfunctions through reform, accountability,...

The Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, representing over 125 companies with $4 trillion in revenue and 13 million employees, is proving climate action and business performance go hand in hand.

The Open Forum's closure after 23 editions ends free public entry to sessions featuring Nobel laureates, activists and scientists in a local school...

• U.S. refusal to accept multipolarity fuels resistance and instability as it clings to hegemony
• Financialization and offshoring hollowed out...

Yasir Al-Rumayyan steers the PIF's $700 billion push to diversify beyond oil through targeted global bets.

• Tech and mobility: Major stakes in...

• Core Claim: Boulder County is suing ExxonMobil and Suncor, alleging decades of deception about flood, heat and wildfire risks while seeking disaster...

COP31 in Turkey looks headed for failure, with the UN declaring the Paris Agreement has all but failed and the EU seeing “no scope” for new climate...