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Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, where ski chalets cost $4.4 million, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make U.S. housing more affordable (LINK) 20 January 2026

New WEF leader BlackRock's Larry Fink says Davos feels 'out of step' to many (LINK) 19 January 2026

— "For many people, this meeting feels out of step with the moment: elites in an age of populism, an established institution in an era of deep institutional distrust," he said. "If WEF is going to be useful going forward, it has to regain that trust." He hinted that the forum, which holds occasional offshoots in China and the Middle East, will add new events "in the places where the modern world is actually built," naming Detroit, Dublin, Jakarta, and Buenos Aires.

The big names who aren't going to Davos: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Danish government representatives, Brazil's President Lula da Silva, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, founder Klaus Schwab. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni are not on the WEF list, although both are reported to be attending. Many of these are still sending high-level delegations. Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK, is expected to attend the event this year after criticising "people deciding our futures in Swiss ski resorts" (LINK) 18 January 2026

Politico.eu: At Davos 2026, WEF is no longer so woke: "a turning point for a forum once synonymous with liberal globalism" (LINK) 19 January 2026

— "This year's World Economic Forum, which starts Monday, underscores a sharp shift for an event long caricatured as a 'woke' talking shop: Climate and diversity have slipped down the agenda, AI and growth are ascendant, and the United States — led by Trump and his inner circle — is set to dominate the stage. That shift coincided with a months-long campaign to land the U.S. president and reassert Davos' relevance after years of drift."

US President Donald Trump's policies helped boost billionaire wealth 16.2 percent to $18.3 trillion in the first year of his second term, leading to 'dangerous' political risks, Oxfam warns as Davos forum opens (LINK) 19 January 2026

Trump tariffs: foreign exporters only absorbed 4% of the $200 billion in tariff payments, with the remaining 96% being passed on to US importers and consumers (LINK) 19 January 2026

Trump suffers major losses in his war on offshore wind: The administration's arguments that offshore wind farms present a national security risk failed to convince judges in three separate courts (LINK) 18 January 2026

Guinea's Doumbouya is sworn in as president, cementing transition from junta chief to elected leader — (LINK) ground.news: 26 media reports — 17 January 2026 (LINK)

Trump asks countries to pay $1 billion for permanent Peace Board seats, a claim the White House denies as misleading — (LINK) ground.news: 62 media reports — 17 January 2026 (LINK)

Roughly half the world's arabica coffee-growing regions will become unsuitable for cultivation of the crop by 2050 due to the effects of climate change but the knowledge to save coffee already exists. The nonprofit Coffee Watch has now created an e-library of all the research ever conducted on coffee agroforestry to help producers grow the finicky plant (LINK) 20 January 2026

U.K. man collects candles from churches and shops and uses the candle wax to make temporary stoves for the military and civilians in Ukraine (LINK) 20 January 2026

Swiss brown cow in Austria shows first case of flexible, multi-purpose tool use in cattle: picks up broom and uses it to scratch herself, chooses another stick for less sensitive areas (LINK) 19 January 2026. First documented case of bovine tool use (LINK)

The best free AI courses and certificates for upskilling in 2026 (LINK) 18 January 2026

Davos 2026 theme 'A Spirit of Dialogue': 19–23 January 2026 (LINK) 29 October 2025

— Discussions are centred around five key global challenges: cooperation in a contested world, unlocking new sources of growth, investing in people, deploying innovation responsibly, and building prosperity within planetary boundaries.

Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator(GESDA) at WEF Davos for first time in 2026: future scientific discoveries in a contested world: panels 20 January – 15:00–15:45, 21 January – 10:00–12:00, 22 January – 14:00–14:45 (LINK) 14 January 2026

From Punta del Este to Geneva | First Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1): 2 to 6 February 2026 at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG). (LINK) 12 January 2026

UNEP: In the run-up to the first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1), the ISP-CWP Secretariat, in collaboration with the Geneva Environment Network, is organizing a series of events to prepare governments, non-government stakeholders and other interested parties for the session, to be held from 2 February to 6 February 2026 at CICG (LINK) 11 November 2025

— Established on 20 June 2025 under the mandate of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/8, the Panel addresses one of the most critical but under-supported pillars of the global environmental agenda: pollution.

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