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# Davos 2024: Ideas of the Year

## Ideas of the Year

* ![WASHINGTON, D.C. - DEC. 21 Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Treaty Room at The U.S. Department of State in Washington, on Dec. 21, 2023.United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken in the Treaty Room at The U.S. Department of State in Washing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47daafa32e30e202/698a43bd929fad53c5bfa837/antony-blinken-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[For Antony Blinken, the War in Gaza Is a Test of U.S. Power](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551990/antony-blinken-israel-gaza-us-power/)  
byVera Bergengruen
* ![Jane Goodall and TIME CEO Jessica Sibley speak at the TIME100 Davos Dinner event on Jan. 15, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4480e5fe7891dea/698a43e54ee26224d431c1fb/time-davos-dinner.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[‘We Need Not Just Talking. 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
* ![Attendees at the TIME100 Talks: Bridging the Gap: An Urgent Call for Global Digital Inclusion roundtable discussion at Davos on Jan. 16, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fd83bcd30436b29/698a43efd07533f297e6ec35/time-magazine-dubai-talks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Leaders Call for Closing ‘Digital Divide’ at TIME100 Roundtable in Davos](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6552053/time100-roundtable-davos/)  
byYasmeen Serhan
* ![Big school of silverside with bar jack](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt729b4f5798c33119/698a43fa47ca38a82a3bb81a/deep-sea-davos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[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
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90708f93d4d86f75/698a43ab4ee2620ae531c190/AI-forecast-Final.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[What to Expect From AI in 2024](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551988/ai-predictions-2024/)  
byWill Henshall
* ![Roberta Metsola addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, in September](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8db3fd9be2a77760/698a43bb4ee262048631c1b1/davos-2024-roberta-metsola-european-parliament.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[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 in Sierra Leone on a 2019 IFAD mission](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0221b58b97696697/698a43aadb298779fc269b2c/davos-2024-idris-elba.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Idris Elba on Why Supporting Small Farmers Will Help Fight Poverty](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551985/idris-elba-farmers-food-insecurity/)  
byIdris Elba
* ![Signs at a pro-peace demonstration held in Tel Aviv on Dec. 15](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc04ca4a50b356978/698a43aa011682605c983c67/davos-2024-make-peace.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[It Makes Sense to Make Peace](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551989/israel-gaza-war-peace/)  
byDahlia Scheindlin
* ![World Bank President Ajay Banga, right, at work in Indonesia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte90b832a678506a4/698a43a1929fad0d0cbfa80e/davos-2024-ajay-banga-world-bank.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[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/)  
byRazan 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
* ![OpenAI’s Sam Altman, left, speaks to TIME’s editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs in New York City on Dec. 12](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4c90da867818a61/698a43a986f68e6b586f31d1/davos-2024-sam-altman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Search for New Ideas](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551991/davos-2024-new-ideas/)  
bySam Jacobs


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39e97a58fb7bad4a/698a43ab457a52f43bd684b4/DOWN_TO_US_jeffers.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Climate Stories Our World Needs Now](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551980/climate-change-solution-stories/)  
byTom Rivett-Carnac and Oliver Jeffers
* ![Velásquez, right, with a community leader at the Tepishi Talatshi school in 2023.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1666134772bb94f/698a43ae09208fa77541b14a/davos-2024-patricia-velasquez.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[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
* ![Business People Standing and Discussing in the Metaverse](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69d1eb85aca5c03d/698a43c216d88427a5c3ca42/davos-2024-artificial-intelligence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[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
* ![Elizabeth Wathuti protests alongside climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Helena Gualinga at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, May 26, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65606acc7b48df0e/698a43bf457a5256b6d684da/davos-2024-elizabeth-wathuti.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Why We Must Amplify Young Voices in Climate Conversations](/collections/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551987/elizabeth-wathuti-2/)  
byElizabeth Wathuti
* ![Founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab delivers a speech at the WEF 2022 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, May 23, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e062e86147b750d/698a43a9db298779dc269b28/davos-2024-klaus-schwab.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[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
* ![A farmer unloads corn to be dried in China’s Heilongjiang province.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb160d3b0187c8944/698a43a94ee26247bd31c188/davos-2024-glenn-denning.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[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

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