Since its founding in 1971, the World Economic Forum( WEF) has held an annual meeting at the end of January to discuss global issues. Set in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos, it brings together thousands of people from heads of state and governments to business leaders and celebrities.

In 2026, the event is scheduled for the week of 19 January and will be the 56th occasion of the WEF’ s annual meeting. More than 2,000 participants are expected to attend and, as a crucial global issue, sustainability is bound to be on the agenda.

What happened at Davos 2025? In 2025, the meeting’ s theme was“ Collaboration for the Intelligent Age”. This inevitably brought about conversations on AI, digitalisation and the energy transition. Its programme focussed on five thematic priorities:

• Rebuilding trust

• Reimagining growth

• Investing in people

• Safeguarding the planet

• Industries in the intelligent age

106 December 2025