This briefing outlines the core policy framework shaping the World Economic Forum’s 56th Annual Meeting in Davos and the governance priorities guiding global decision-making through 2026. Structured around five defining questions—cooperation, growth, people, innovation, and the planet—the agenda reflects an operational shift in how institutions are aligning capital, technology, and trade systems with long-term economic and environmental constraints.Central to the growth mandate is the transformation of capital allocation through institutionalized gender parity. With women projected to control a substantial share of global investable wealth by the end of the decade, parity is treated as a structural economic requirement rather than a social objective. In parallel, discussions on innovation emphasize that technological deployment, particularly in artificial intelligence, is constrained less by technical maturity than by organizational governance failures related to culture, capability development, and trust frameworks.The briefing also addresses the integration of planetary limits into economic systems through emissions pricing in trade. The internalization of carbon costs is increasingly embedded in cross-border commerce, influencing supply chains, regulatory alignment, and market access. Collectively, these priorities signal a consolidated approach to governance, infrastructure, and policy coordination that is already shaping institutional behavior and global economic architecture.