Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala named first female, African boss of WTO

Feb 16, 2021 · 53m 14s
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala named first female, African boss of WTO
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In her own words "history was made" today when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first woman and the first African director general of the World Trade Organization. She tells us how...

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In her own words "history was made" today when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first woman and the first African director general of the World Trade Organization. She tells us how she plans to reform the WTO and the importance of climate change.

Also in the programme, the global economic cost of the Coronavirus pandemic will run into trillions of dollars. Could the world set up a better early warning system for future pandemics? Dr Micheal Mina, an epidemiologist based at the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health is trying to do just that with the project he calls Global Immunological Observatory.

Plus, Bill Gates describes the implications of meeting the global target to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by the year 2050.

And our regular workplace commentator, Stephanie Hare talks about how to approach bereavement in the workplace.

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