{"id":1945,"date":"2021-01-29T02:37:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T02:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/?p=26993"},"modified":"2021-03-10T00:30:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:30:41","slug":"collaboration-and-environmental-protection-dominate-addresses-at-davos-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/collaboration-and-environmental-protection-dominate-addresses-at-davos-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration and Environmental Protection Dominate Addresses at Davos Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2021 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ On a day where 61 senior business leaders announced their commitment\u00a0to the Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics \u2013 a set of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and disclosures \u2013 world leaders called for greater collaboration and issued warnings of the perils awaiting if we do not.<\/p>\n

Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, President of the European Commission, called for a \u201cParis-style agreement for biodiversity\u201d, laying out in stark terms the economic and social risks of failing to protect a high-functioning biodiverse ecosystem. She warned that issues \u2013 ranging from climate change and the pandemic to the lack of social media governance \u2013 pose a challenge to democracy, showing the \u201climitations of the old ways of working\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to von der Leyen, the global push to create a vaccine \u2013 something that was achieved in 10 months rather than over several years \u2013 reveals what happens with \u201cpooled resources, shared expertise, manufacturers working together and government finance\u201d. The European Commission president urged greater collaboration, arguing that we need to understand that \u201cit is not weakness to reach and help each other, but strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angela Merkel<\/strong>, Federal Chancellor of Germany, reflected on how the \u201cpandemic has left deep imprints on economies and our societies,\u201d and will \u201cdetermine how we live and do business in the next few years.\u201d She focused on multilateralism and collaboration, arguing that the pandemic has shown \u201chow much we are interlinked, how globally interdependent,\u201d warning that \u201ctrying to isolate yourself fails.\u201d Reflecting this, the German chancellor announced that \u201cthis is the hour of multilateralism,\u201d which for her means greater transparency in global relations, as well as better supporting developing nations. Merkel declared that \u201cdevelopment cooperation is in our national interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like a number of the speakers,\u00a0Emmanuel Macron<\/strong>, President of France, used the word \u201cvulnerable\u201d to describe the human condition. He argued that the pandemic has shown that the \u201ccapitalist model can no longer work\u201d and suggested that \u201cwe can\u2019t build anything without reaping the benefits and learning the lessons of COVID-19.\u201d Macron placed humans at the centre of this, saying: \u201cYou cannot think \u2018economy\u2019 without thinking about human beings,\u201d adding that it will only be possible to address the pandemic with an economy that fights inequality.<\/p>\n

Considering the economy of tomorrow, the French president said that in addition to considering innovation and humanity, it would have to build competitiveness while also fighting climate change and reducing CO2 emissions. He urged companies to play a role in fighting inequality in society and to take responsibility for mitigating the effects of climate change, and stressed how French businesses are already working hard to establish clear ESG metrics.<\/p>\n

In an early morning special address,\u00a0Cyril M. Ramaphosa<\/strong>, President of South Africa, set the tone for the day, describing how the economic challenges presented by COVID-19 had sped up the process of restructuring his nation\u2019s economy. \u201cThe issue of collaboration, of working cohesively, has underpinned the plan,\u201d he said. He argued that people rather than COVID-19 have created the challenges now faced, perhaps exemplified in the over-ordering of vaccines by wealthier nations leaving poorer countries and their populations facing shortages. He was, however, positive about future collaboration among African countries, describing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as \u201ca revolutionary, sea change initiative \u2026 possibly the most important initiative the African continent has undertaken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa used his address to call on countries that have bought up large supplies of vaccines for COVID-19 to release the excess. He said that a vaccine acquisition task force had been created, but that its work had so far only been marginally successful. Speaking in a related session, John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), warned of a second aggressive wave of COVID-19 in the region and, underlining the South African president\u2019s comments, said: \u201cWe as a continent must recognize that vaccines will not be here when we want them so we must focus on the public health measures that we know work while we\u2019re waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n

About\u00a0<\/strong>The Davos Agenda<\/strong>
\nThe Davos Agenda is a pioneering mobilization of global leaders aimed at rebuilding trust to shape the principles, policies and partnerships needed in 2021. A full week of global programming is under way, dedicated to helping leaders choose innovative and bold solutions to stem the pandemic and drive a robust recovery over the next year. Heads of state, chief executives, civil society leaders and the global media are participating in almost 100 sessions spanning five themes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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