Health and Healthcare Systems

The global news stories of 2021 - Radio Davos' review of the year

FILE PHOTO: People hold a banner during a protest at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 12, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

COP26 was one of the big news events in 2021. Image: REUTERS/Yves Herman

Robin Pomeroy
Podcast Editor, World Economic Forum
Loading...
  • For a second year, global news has been dominated by the COVID19 pandemic.
  • CNN's Eleni Giokos joins Radio Davos to look at that, and some of the other big news stories of the year.
  • The invasion of the US Capitol, the postponed Olympics, and COP26 were all big news events.

The Radio Davos podcast joins CNN anchor Eleni Giokos to look through a small selection of big stories, and we listen back to some remarkable news reports.

Eleni Giokos, CNN anchor and correspondent based in Dubai, spoke to Radio Davos from quarantine in a hotel in Greece.

Loading...

2021 news review

"If you'd said to me last year that that we would be talking again with me in quarantine and you recovering from COVID, I would have said: 'You're a doomsayer.' And now I've literally been put in my place realising that we're still very much in the thick of things," Eleni says.

"But despite everything that's happened this year, I still feel that there are so many people working to ensure we get through COVID-19 that it gives me hope."

Still available: our review of 2020, when Radio Davos was still called World Vs Virus:

Loading...

Other Forum podcasts mentioned in this episode:

Loading...
Have you read?
Loading...
Loading...

Find all our podcasts here.

Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club on Facebook.

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

Sign up for free

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Stay up to date:

SDG 13: Climate Action

Related topics:
Health and Healthcare SystemsClimate ActionGeo-Economics and PoliticsIndustries in Depth
Share:
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how SDG 13: Climate Action is affecting economies, industries and global issues
World Economic Forum logo

Forum Stories newsletter

Bringing you weekly curated insights and analysis on the global issues that matter.

Subscribe today

These collaborations are already tackling climate-driven health risks but more can be done to find solutions

Fernando J. Gómez and Elia Tziambazis

December 20, 2024

Investing in children’s well-being: The urgent need for expanded mental health and psychosocial support funding

About us

Engage with us

  • Sign in
  • Partner with us
  • Become a member
  • Sign up for our press releases
  • Subscribe to our newsletters
  • Contact us

Quick links

Language editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

Sitemap

© 2024 World Economic Forum