"During those 102 hours, I connected with my soul, my brain, my body, to a level that I will probably never do again. And I discovered a part of myself that I couldn't think was capable of doing what I did."

Noam Yaron swam from Corsica to just off the coast of Monaco, mainland Europe, to push himself to the limit and raise awareness about the marine environment.

Here's what he learned about human endurance and the threats to nature posed by pollution, shipping and rising temperatures.

Links:

Friends of Ocean Action: https://www.weforum.org/friends-of-ocean-action/

The 30X30 Ocean Action Plan to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030: https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_30x30_Ocean_Action_Plan_2025.pdf

Water Lover Challenge: https://www.waterlover.org/

Related podcasts:

Ocean: how David Attenborough's new film will transform how you see Earth: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/ocean-david-attenborough-colin-butfield/

Humans rely on the ocean. Here's how both can thrive: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/ocean-marine-prosperity-areas/

Talks on creating a "Paris Treaty for plastics" just stalled - here's why, and what happens next: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/plastics-treaty-inc-gpap/

Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef

Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164

Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560

Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub

Can farming be productive and profitable but without damaging nature and adding to greenhouse gases?

As COP30 begins in Belém, Brazil, we hear from a Brazilian entrepreneur involved in regenerative agriculture in Brazil, in a podcast co-hosted with the World Economic Forum's Tropical Forest Alliance.

Hosts:

Robin Pomeroy, host, Radio Davos

Danielle Carreira, Head of Finance, Tropical Forest Alliance

Guest:

Luis Fernando Laranja da Fonseca, CEO, Grupo Caapora

Links:

Tropical Forest Alliance: https://www.tropicalforestalliance.org/home

Innovative Finance for the Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco (IFACC): www.ifacc-initiative.org

Grupo Caapora: https://grupocaapora.com.br/

Related blogs:

COP30 in Brazil: What is at stake: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/11/what-is-cop30-what-is-at-stake-climate-nature-action/

Ahead of COP30, a new era of forest restoration and resilience is taking root: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/11/cop30-new-era-of-forest-restoration-and-resilience/

Related podcasts:

Why our future must be 'nature positive': https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/nature-positive-marco-lambertini/

Humans rely on the ocean. Here's how both can thrive: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/ocean-marine-prosperity-areas/

Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:

YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts

Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164

Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560

Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub

Governments in the global North have slashed aid budgets at a time when humanitarian needs have reached record levels, forcing a rethink on global aid and development.

In this podcast, co-hosted by humanitarian news agency Devex, we look at where things may go from here and what new models of cooperation might offer hope.

Hosts:

Robin Pomeroy, Radio Davos, World Economic Forum

Raj Kumar, This Week in Global Development, Devex

Guests:

Carla Haddad Mardini, Director, Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Julienne Oyler, CEO, Inkomoko

Links:

Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative: https://initiatives.weforum.org/humanitarian-and-resilience-investing-initiative

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship: www.schwabfound.org - look out for forthcoming report, Social Enterprise in Africa.

UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/

Inkomoko: https://www.inkomoko.com/

Devex: https://www.devex.com/

Related podcasts:

This Week in Global Development: https://www.devex.com/news/this-week-in-global-development-106893

Superpower rivalry and geopolitics in Trump 2.0: https://wef.ch/4oOOsys

We have entered the age of "persistent disruption" - Visa's Wayne Best on the Chief Economists Outlook: http://wef.ch/4puuU3m

What you might get wrong about progress - Lessons for leaders: Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/steven-pinker-harvard-humanity-doing-better/

Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:

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Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164

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Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

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