For a second year, world leaders, policy makers and top corporate chiefs bound for the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos from January 17 to 21 will hop on video calls to tackle the world's big challenges.
The mood is glum - only one in 10 WEF members surveyed expects the global recovery to accelerate over the next three years, with only one in six optimistic about the world outlook.
Climate change is seen as the number one danger while erosion of social cohesion, livelihood crises and deterioration of mental health are seen as the risks that have increased the most due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan's Fumio Kishida, India's Narendra Modi, the European Commission's Ursula von der Leyen, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde are all scheduled to speak.
The full in-person meeting has been postponed to early summer.
