PM Modi to deliver ‘State of the World’ address at WEF’s Davos agenda today
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda virtual event on January 17, joining a host of other global leaders.The WEF is set to host the event on its website and social media channels from January 17 to January 21.This is the second consecutive year that the forum has had to host the summit digitally due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It hopes to convene the 2022 annual meeting later this year. Announcing its schedule, the forum said that "Davos Agenda 2022" will be the first global platform for key world leaders to share their visions for 2022.The event is being convened on the theme of "The State of the World." In addition to PM Modi, the world leaders delivering "State of the World" special addresses will include Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, US Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen, and Nigeria's Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The Geneva-based WEF, which describes itself as an international organisation for public-private cooperation, said radically different pandemic experiences have exacerbated global divisions, while vaccine inequities, combined with new strains, have also slowed international economic recovery. However, Covid-19 is only one of the critical global challenges that may become unmanageable unless world leaders prioritise proactive collaboration, and therefore, the Davos Agenda will focus on driving concerted action among key global stakeholders, it added. The Davos Agenda 2022 will also mark the launch of several WEF initiatives to accelerate the race to net-zero emissions, the economic opportunity of nature-positive solutions, and cyber resilience.Other launches on a diverse range of critical topics will also take place between January 17 and 21, and these include strengthening the resilience of global value chains, building economies in fragile markets through humanitarian investing, bridging the vaccine manufacturing gap, and using data solutions to prepare for the next pandemic.