Sir David’s new film A Life On Our Planet is a ‘vision for the future’. Many of his arguments reflect the ambitions of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we match his key quotes with those goals.

All countries are facing the long ascent. We are joined by a single rope. We are only as strong as the weakest climbers. They will need help on the way up. The path ahead is clouded with extraordinary uncertainty. Faster progress on health measures, such as vaccines and therapies could speed up the ascent. But it could also get worse.

Some liken the Coronavirus pandemic to a marathon. At Thinking the Unthinkable we liken it to a steeplechase. Our advice to all leaders is simple: assume a Covid-19 world at least until early 2023.

A crisis like no other has generated a response like no other. That’s why IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva believes there are grounds to be optimistic. This is a lightly edited transcript of her conversation with Nik Gowing at the Bled Strategic Forum.

We must challenge our thinking on evaluation in government, accountability and performance in order to innovate, says Ngaire Woods, Founding Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University.