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We Need Action’: The Biggest Moments From the TIME100 Dinner in Davos](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6552040/time100-davos-dinner-2024-biggest-moments/) byYasmeen Serhan *  [Leaders Call for Closing ‘Digital Divide’ at TIME100 Roundtable in Davos](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6552053/time100-roundtable-davos/) byYasmeen Serhan *  [Oceans Are the Earth’s Last Frontier. Can New Technology Make People Care About It?](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6563867/oceans-earth-last-frontier-deep-sea-technology-davos/) byYasmeen Serhan / Davos *  [What to Expect From AI in 2024](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551988/ai-predictions-2024/) byWill Henshall *  [Inside Roberta Metsola’s Plans to Shake Up Europe’s Parliament](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551979/roberta-metsola-european-parliament-interview/) byAdam Rasmi/Brussels *  [Idris Elba on Why Supporting Small Farmers Will Help Fight Poverty](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551985/idris-elba-farmers-food-insecurity/) by Idris Elba *  [It Makes Sense to Make Peace](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551989/israel-gaza-war-peace/) by Dahlia Scheindlin *  [Ajay Banga Wants the World Bank to Work as a 'Knowledge Bank' to Reduce Poverty](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551981/ajay-banga-world-bank-interview/) byAlana Semuels *  [5 Ideas for Rebuilding Trust in 2024](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551983/world-economic-forum-leader-rebuilding-trust/) by Razan Al Mubarak, Ilwad Elman, Shoukei Matsumoto, Françoise Moudouthe, and Nico Rosberg *  [A New Measure of Prosperity](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6553544/sompo-ceo-letter/) byContent From Sompo Holdings *  [The Search for New Ideas](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551991/davos-2024-new-ideas/) bySam Jacobs *  [The Climate Stories Our World Needs Now](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551980/climate-change-solution-stories/) by Tom Rivett-Carnac and Oliver Jeffers *  [To Curb Mass Migration, Help People Thrive Where They Are](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551978/patricia-velasquez-wayuu-migration-aid/) byBelinda Luscombe *  [Accenture CEO Julie Sweet on Leading in the AI Age](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551982/accenture-ceo-julie-sweet-ai/) byAyesha Javed *  [Why We Must Amplify Young Voices in Climate Conversations](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551987/elizabeth-wathuti-2/) byElizabeth Wathuti *  [In Conversation with World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab on Global Powers, War, and AI](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551984/klaus-schwab-davos-war-ai/) bySam Jacobs *  [How to Feed the World Sustainably](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551977/food-supply-sustainability-glenn-denning/) byBelinda Luscombe *  [Building Trust in New Technologies](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6553545/sompo-new-technologies/) byContent From Sompo Holdings ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/"},"headline":"Davos 2024: Ideas of the Year","description":"Visionary thinkers whose era-defining ideas will help to rebuild trust and shape the year ahead IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMPO AND DELOITTE","url":"https://time.com/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:09:02.624Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:09:02.354Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":19,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5745c1d3a78b095c/698a43bdb3fce3312b0cb2ad/davos-2024-hub-globe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/davos/","name":"Davos"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/","name":"Davos 2024: Ideas of the Year"}}]}] ```