Between Theresa May’s Brexit revelations and Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this month, the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, worked its way through its yearly effort at shaping the future. With some excitement, I saw that the programme included more than ten sessions devoted to sustainability, climate change and clean energy.

But on closer inspection of the speaker line-up, I remembered why the World Economic Forum, in its 47 year, is such a disappointment.

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