World Leaders Converge at Davos to Address Pressing Global Issues
• Conflicts in Middle East, like Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, are a focus amid heads of state attending like the presidents of Israel and Ukraine.
• Artificial intelligence's rapid emergence makes it a hot topic with 30 sessions planned on AI's economic and societal impacts.
• Free and fair elections in many countries raise worries of misinformation threatening democracies. Speeches highlight divide between democracies and autocracies.
• Climate change solutions remain a perennial Davos priority with top scientists reporting record high temperatures in 2022.
• Heads of state, climate experts, tech CEOs and more converge, making Davos a powerful nexus of concern about environment and high-powered finance.