Klaus Schwab: Davos 2022 ready to save the world But WEF leader warns dissent won't be tolerated at confab

Amid a global pandemic, famine, wars, economic decline and political turmoil, the World Economic Forum will host its invitation-only Davos, Switzerland, conference in-person for the first time in two years.

For WEF founder Klaus Schwab, the timing for mankind is fortuitous, declaring to reporters that these issues, along with "the climate crisis," "must be confronted in Davos."

"In a world which is becoming more fragmented, more divided, and where many of the traditional multilateral organizations tend to become dysfunctional, or at least mistrustful, a global platform based on informal, trust-faced and action-oriented co-operation will be ever more relevant, more important than before," he said.

Some 2,500 leaders will gather in the mountain resort for the conference, which begins Sunday, including 50 heads of state.


"And I condemn it wholeheartedly, particularly of those who have nothing to do with the World Economic Forum, community, and just come to Davos to hijack our brand," he said.

The Biden administration is a strong advocate of the World Economic Forum, adopting its term "Build Back Better," which captures the idea of a "Great Reset" of capitalism and of the world order in the aftermath of the pandemic.

After the November 2020 election, WND reported, former Secretary of State John Kerry and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a WEF panel that a Joe Biden presidency would help propel the "Great Reset" plan.

Kerry, who will attend the 2022 gathering, said at the time that the "notion of a reset is more important than ever before."

"I personally believe ... we're at the dawn of an extremely exciting time," he said.

Kerry, who has since been appointed Biden's climate czar, said the rejoining of the Paris Climate Accord by Biden would help drive the "Great Reset." But rejoining Paris is "not enough," Kerry said.

"The Biden administration will focus on every sector of the American economy," he said. "There will be a 2035 goal to achieve net neutrality with respect to power and production.

Kerry said the U.S. is "ready to come back in and help to lead and raise the ambition ... to accelerate this incredible capacity for a transformation in the private sector.