Videos about GES and related issues
Rewriting the Innovation Playbook amid Fragmentation: CAPRI 2026 Annual Forum
Leading scholars from across the Asia Pacific explored how regional economies can accelerate innovation, workforce transformation, and green growth amid market and supply chain uncertainty. Panelists stressed that the future of competitiveness in the Asia Pacific depends on established regional strengths, innovative statecraft, and strategic investment in emerging sectors.
Speakers:
Kristy Hsu
Sangook Park
Elizabeth Thurbon
Moderated by Thompson Chau
Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026
From energy shocks to the impact of tariffs, prices are facing pressure from multiple sides and risk remaining a top economic issue. Price increases run the risk of eroding trust in institutions and triggering political blowback. What response can effectively protect economic stability and social cohesion when cost of living becomes less certain?
Speakers:
Vanek Smith
Huang Yiping
Elizabeth Thurbon
Karen Young
Tariffs, export controls and mechanisms such as investment screening have become central instruments of economic management. This is pushing strategic players to leverage their production of critical resources and the concentration of critical supply chain inputs. In an increasingly fractured economy, what is the right balance between protecting national interests while continuing to seek economic collaboration?
Speakers:
Yuen Yuen Ang
Matthew Klein
Yasushi Sasaki
Elizabeth Thurbon
Tian Wei
Davos 2026: Geopolitical Risks Outlook for 2026
As geopolitical tensions intensify, security considerations are reshaping economic policy, production and fiscal priorities worldwide.
This session explores how governments are adapting to an era defined by conflict risk and strategic competition. How can economies meet rising security demands without sacrificing long-term growth and stability?
Speakers:
Jane Harman
Eswar Prasad
Wolfgang Ischinger
Elizabeth Thurbon
Emerging economies are estimated to account for over 90% of global energy demand growth annually. Between keeping the lights on and keeping emissions down lies a defining economic challenge of how to fund this surge at a time of narrowing fiscal space.
Will emerging economies fuel the next energy era or be left in the dark by a financing shortfall?
Speakers:
Santiago Peña
Pralhad Joshi
Lerato Mataboge
Nobumitsu Hayashi
Jasim Husain Thabet
Elizabeth Thurbon
How Can We Avert a Climate Recession?
2015 marked a high point for climate consensus and multilateral cooperation. Over a decade later, national and regional agendas have diverged. Despite this, a growing range of actors across the public and private sectors continue to advance progress and innovation in climate ambition, forging new alliances and initiatives along the way. What does meaningful climate ambition look like in an era of polarization, economic constraints, and geopolitical tensions?
Speakers:
Ester Baiget
Al Gore
Carsten Schneider
Jai Shroff
Elizabeth Thurbon
Zhang Lei
Honest Conversation on Climate
A decade after the Paris Agreement, policies and politics have evolved but the associated risks from climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss remain. Although the narrative is shifting towards energy security, national and regional actors are still looking towards innovative solutions to climate challenges.
How are government and business commitments shifting and what could change mean for industries that have been preparing for future green growth?
Speakers:
Adam Tooze
Elizabeth Thurbon
Checking In on the Energy Transition
In the past few years, public policies and industrial strategies have accelerated the transition to secure, clean and equitable energy. But increasing uncertainty in the world poses questions on how these policies and strategies will evolve.
What is the outlook for the energy transition and what are the recipes for success for adopting clean, efficient and accessible energy solutions?
Speakers:
Rania Al-Mashat
Mohammad Abunayyan
Pang Xiaogang
Li Zhenguo
Elizabeth Thurbon
The New Energy Security: Australia's Strategic Choice
The New Energy Security: Australia's Strategic Choice From Fossil Exports To Renewable Partnerships.
Elizabeth Thurbon
Nat Burke
Dinita Setyawati
Caminlle Malbrain
James Bowen
Johnny Harris on Deep-Sea Mining: Review by Susan Park, critical minerals & Global Governance expert
In this video, Professor Susan Park reviews a video from the incredibly popular youtuber Johnny Harris. The video is an in-depth look at deep-sea mining and an example of the emerging phenomenon of platform journalism on YouTube.
Speakers:
Susan Park
Christopher Hall
The Contested Role of Labour in Korea’s Green Energy Statecraft
The 2026 SNU International Conference for Contemporary Korean Studies explores Korea not simply as an empirical case, but as a methodological and theoretical lens for rethinking wider social, political, and historical questions.
Under the theme Korea as Method, the conference examines how Korean experiences can generate new concepts, comparisons, and critiques for global knowledge production.
Speakers:
Christopher Khatouki
Critical minerals, the US war with Iran & a Scandium mine in NSW Australia - Professor Susan Park
Susan Park, Professor of Global Governance, discusses US investment in Australian critical mineral mines.