{"id":1730,"date":"2015-02-02T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/doing-business\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2015-03-17T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T10:12:57","slug":"davos-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/doing-business\/2015\/02\/02\/davos-to-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"From Davos to Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to Google Maps, its a 7-8 hour drive from Davos to Paris<\/strong> and depending on the route its about 500 Miles or 800 Kilometers. There also some tolls to pay along the way.<\/p>\n

Davos and Climate Change<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Randall Krantz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Randall Krantz<\/strong>, a former student and friend was in Davos for the World Economic Forum<\/strong> a couple of weeks ago and while I was\u00a0watching videos of the sessions on the Middle East<\/strong><\/a> at home, he was \u00a0talking to people about climate change<\/strong> in Switzerland. Randall used to\u00a0manage the climate issue at the Forum and\u00a0said that “being on the other side added an element of adventure”.<\/p>\n

Randall’s view is that Davos was quite upbeat on environment and sustainability issues and that the “vibe” as he calls it, started in New York last September, was re-enforced in Lima where some progress was made on breaking the deadlock between developed and developing countries and continued\u00a0in Davos where the issue was “the biggest non-business issue on the agenda”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Al Gore<\/strong>‘s made a presentation in which he linked rising temperatures to horrific storms, such as Typhoon Haiyan and Hurricane Sandy, flooding events around the world and desertification<\/strong>.<\/p>\n