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The 25th Winter Olympics are now well under way in the Italian alps. By the time the games close, 2,800 athletes representing more than 90 Olympic Committees will have competed across 116 events in 16 disciplines.

And for the very first time events are taking place at two host cities - Milan and Cortina - in a bid to make this a truly sustainable gathering. But with climate change at the very heart of the conversation around winter sports - what might future games look like?

On this edition of The Agenda, Juliet Mann speaks to Christophe Dubi, Olympic Games Executive Director at the International Olympic Committee, Daniel Scott Professor and Strategic Director for Climate Change Education in Environment at Canada’s University of Waterloo, and Beau Welling, President of World Curling.

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The ongoing geopolitical turmoil aside, the rise of artificial intelligence once again dominated the conversation at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos.

Almost daily now we hear stories of how AI will change our lives and many new tech companies came here to the Swiss Alps to share their innovations with the world.

So what emerged from this year’s gathering? And what does it mean for the future of humanity?

Joining Juliet Mann on this special edition of The Agenda from Davos are Gong Yingying, founder and Chair of Chinese healthcare giant Yidu Tech, Faroz Sheikh, Chief Information and Digital Officer at agritech firm, Syngenta, Harvey Mason Jr, CEO at the US Recording Academy, and multiple grammy-award winning tech entrepreneur, will.i.am.

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Keir Starmer has now become the first British Prime Minister to visit China in eight years. He met both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, calling China “a vital player on a global scale” with whom the UK was seeking “a more sophisticated relationship”.

For his part, President Xi called on China & the UK to jointly advocate and practice “true multilateralism”. But what does all this really tell us about UK-China relations?

On this edition of The Agenda, Juliet Mann is joined by Professor Jinghan Zeng, Department of Public and International Affairs at City University of Hong Kong, Professor Kerry Brown, Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College London and Steven Lynch, Director of the British Chamber of Commerce.