Finally, here’s Olaf Scholz
A major nuclear power is behaving as if it had the right to redraw borders.
“Putin wants a return to a world order in which strength dictates what is right; in which freedom, sovereignty and self-determination are simply not for everyone. That is imperialism. That is an attempt to blast us back to a time when war was a common instrument of politics, when our continent and the world were without a stable peaceful order.
Putin underestimated the unity and vigour with which the G7, NATO and the EU would respond to his aggression,”
“Working together, we have imposed sanctions that are tougher and further-reaching than any previously imposed on a country of Russia’s size.”
And in the need to accelerate the energy transition. “
Now we have even more cause to move away from fossil fuels than before.
Ultimately, our goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 has been given an additional boost by Putin’s war.”
That’s all from Davos from us until next January, at least, when the Annual Meeting plans to return to its winter slot. GW
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The clearest sign of change at Davos this year is that a building previously used for Russian parties has hosted evidence of atrocities in Ukraine.
The Russian War Crimes House, on the promenade outside the WEF congress centre, displays a map showing civilian deaths in the conflict, along with photos including ruined buildings and cemetries.
A video plays thousands of photos from photographers from the conflict, which can also be seen by WEF attendees as they pass by.
It’s backed by Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Pinchuk’s foundation, who said this week:
“If we tell the story of this tragedy as wide as possible, maybe it will save some lives.”
