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 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, this week, the Australian parliament will debate whether to force digital giants like Google and Facebook to pay newspapers and television stations for linking to their news and features. In anticipation of this, the owner of the Seven television network has announced an agreement with Google worth a reported $23 million a year. We hear from Shona Ghosh, senior technology editor for the website, Business Insider. And, Bill Gates describes the implications of meeting the global target to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by the year 2050. PHOTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala