New York, NY – February 24, 2026 – An evening of global recognition and humanitarian celebration will take place on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 pa at 5:45 PM at 112 W. 27th Street, Manhattan, as Dr. Rami Gudovitch is honored with the distinguished Platinum Who’s Who Award at a United Nations–affiliated event hosted by an Accredited NGO MCIF.

Set against the backdrop of international leadership and humanitarian vision, the ceremony orchestrated by UN Ambassadors Monica Sanchez and Gloria Cressler will recognize Dr. Gudovitch’s unwavering commitment to uplifting humanity and inspiring meaningful global change. The Platinum Who’s Who Award is reserved for individuals whose leadership, compassion, and impact extend beyond borders — honoring those whose work embodies service, innovation, and a deep dedication to the betterment of society.

Dr. Gudovitch has become widely respected for his humanitarian initiatives and forward-thinking contributions that align with the United Nations’ mission of peace, cooperation, and sustainable global progress. His work reflects a powerful blend of professional excellence and heartfelt advocacy for communities in need.

The evening promises to bring together leaders, diplomats, philanthropists, and changemakers in celebration of those whose visions elevate humanity. With a theme centered on recognition and inspiration, the event underscores the importance of honoring individuals who transform challenges into opportunities for collective advancement.

“Celebrating those whose visions uplift humanity and inspire global change” serves as the guiding spirit of the ceremony — a message that perfectly reflects Dr. Gudovitch’s ongoing impact.

Media, dignitaries, and invited guests will gather to commemorate this milestone moment in Manhattan, shining a spotlight on leadership that transcends industries and borders.

For media inquiries or attendance information, please contact the event organizers.

Eileen Shapiro 631-506-6600 or email worldstarpublicrelations@gmail.com

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At the Davos forum in recent years, the focus on climate change and stopping biodiversity loss has taken a back seat to issues like cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and geopolitics. Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Dire warnings at Davos, pushed to the periphery

	By David Gelles

All week at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, talk about climate change and renewable power has been relegated to the sidelines.

That changed on Wednesday, when President Trump used his speech at this gathering of the world’s top business leaders and policymakers to attack clean energy.

“There are windmills all over Europe,” he said. “There are windmills all over the place and they are losers.”

That was just one snippet from a speech in which Trump assailed the “green new scam,” promoted fossil fuels and made inaccurate statements about China’s use of coal.

Trump’s assault on renewable energy struck a discordant note at an event that was once a center for the corporate climate movement. But since Trump’s re-election Davos has strained to retain an idealistic, optimistic spirit.

For years, Davos was where chief executives and heads of state came to make high-minded pledges about how they would use their power to transform the world for the better and reduce dangerous planet-warming emissions.

Recently, however, the focus on climate change and stopping biodiversity loss has taken a back seat to issues like cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and geopolitics. Instead, talk about sustainability efforts and climate action is now largely relegated to the scientists and activists.

Jennifer Morris, chief executive of The Nature Conservancy, told me that the dialogue in Davos had some glaring blind spots. “We’re not talking enough about oceans here,” she said, citing one example.

“Water is not woke,” she added.

Corporations are suddenly silent

The explanation for Davos’s pivot is simple. Climate change is no longer center stage in Davos because, in large measure, corporations have gone quiet on the issue.

“The Davos programming is a reflection of what chief executives want to talk about, ultimately,” said Sebastian Buckup, who runs the World Economic Forum’s center for nature and climate.

And what C.E.O.s want to talk about has changed.

Six years ago, Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, used his time in Davos to rally Wall Street to combat climate change, promising to “transform finance.”

In an article I published last week, I explained how Fink sparked a movement that came to encompass most of the major banks, asset managers and asset owners in the world, which pledged to used their trillions of dollars to try and blunt global warming.

But in the face of pushback from Republicans, the fallout from the war in Ukraine and the return of President Trump to the White House, Wall Street has largely abandoned its climate pledges. Many of the alliances designed to make finance more sustainable have fallen apart. Investors have withdrawn tens of billions of dollars each quarter from E.S.G. funds.

Even though Fink is now co-chair of the World Economic Forum and took a strong hand in shaping this year’s program, which features hundreds of panels and speakers scattered across giant convention halls and small meeting rooms, discussion of climate change was largely missing from the most prominent programs — with the exception of Trump’s remarks.

Warnings from scientists

On the rare occasions when there was frank talk about the dangers posed by our rapidly warming world, the warnings were more stark than ever.

Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, delivered a presentation on Tuesday in which he showed dozens of ways in which the planet’s natural systems are under severe strain.

“The human pressure on the planet has now reached a crisis point,” he said. “The era where we can continue with economic growth without putting the stability of planet at risk has come to an end.”

Rockström added that “these pressures on the planet are now at risk of causing irreversible, potentially catastrophic tipping points.”

On Wednesday, I moderated a panel about why it was in companies’ own interest to protect nature.

“If you don’t have good land and good soil, you can’t have sustainable supply chains,” Kirsten Schuijt, director general of WWF International told me.

Schuijt said that more corporations were working to address these threats, but not fast enough. “It’s moving way too slow, because we’re losing biodiversity in basically every place we care about,” she said.

Then on Thursday, I hosted a discussion about how much economic activity was tied to the oceans, which are warming rapidly regardless of whether you think talking about it is “woke.”

For much of the conversation, the speakers put forward a rosy vision of continued economic growth that somehow didn’t pollute the planet. Then, during a remarkably candid moment, an executive acknowledged a notion that until recently had been gospel at Davos.

“The biggest adversary to nature might be humans,” said Boudewijn Siemons, chief executive of the Port of Rotterdam, the largest harbor in Europe. “The problem is us.”

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Manifestation Isn’t Magic: It’s Applied Knowledge

People love to say “knowledge is power.” But that’s only half the truth.

Knowledge without action changes nothing.

As Leo Buscaglia said, “To know and not to do is not to know at all.” And nowhere is that more evident than in the conversation around manifestation.

Manifestation isn’t wishful thinking. It isn’t vision boards collecting dust. And it definitely isn’t hoping the universe will figure things out for you while you stay passive.

Manifestation works when knowledge meets belief and action.

From Skeptic to Practitioner

Like many people, my first exposure to manifestation and the Law of Attraction came through The Secret. I watched the DVD countless times. I listened to the CD in my car over and over again.

And still, I was skeptical.

So instead of debating whether it worked, I decided to test it.

I started small. Finding my keys. Having someone invite me to coffee or lunch. Little experiments with no emotional attachment.

And something interesting happened.

When I applied the principles: clarity, expectation, and aligned action, things worked. Not occasionally. Consistently.

That’s when I moved on to bigger experiments.

“What Orly Wants, Orly Gets”

At the office, I started saying a phrase that became legendary, much to my team’s annoyance:

“What Orly wants, Orly gets.”

I explained the Law of Attraction to them and had them finish the sentence whenever I asked for something that felt unrealistic.

To be clear—there was zero enthusiasm. They thought I was crazy.

Then came the real test.

We were hosting a seminar for 260 people in the property management industry. The goal was simple: sell enough sponsorships and exhibitor tables to cover costs and turn a profit.

On a Tuesday afternoon, I asked where we stood.

Less than $3,000.

I told them we needed $10,000 by Friday.

The looks I got said it all. “No way.” “Impossible.” “That’s less than three days.”

My response?

“What Orly wants?”

They replied angrily, “Yeah, yeah… Orly gets.”

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Manifestation Requires Action, Not Anxiety

A few days later, I asked for an update. No progress.

The secretary was out sick that day, so I asked a simple question:

“Did anyone get the mail?”

You would’ve thought I asked them to stop working altogether.

So I grabbed the keys and checked the mail myself.

Back in my office, I opened the envelopes one by one.

The third envelope contained a check.

$8,734.

From an unpaid invoice that had been overdue for six months.

I walked out and showed it to the team.

Their reaction?

“How do you do this?” “How does this always work for you?”

The answer was simple, and it had nothing to do with magic.

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The Real Secret of Manifestation

I don’t just read books.

I apply what I learn.

Manifestation works when:

• You believe something is possible
• You release emotional resistance
• You take aligned action
• You allow the result instead of forcing it

   

Knowledge becomes power only when it’s used.

That’s the missing piece most people never apply.

Want to Go Deeper, In Person?

Are you or someone you know in or around the Orlando / Central Florida area?

I will be speaking on January 15th, 2026 at 2:00 PM at the Manifesting Summit, happening in the same space as PodFest, with Pappi DiNuzzo, the new Napoleon Hill.

 Tickets are only $26  Bring a Friend for FREE

This is an incredible room full of aligned people; and I have a lot of people I can introduce you to.

 Grab your ticket here: https://go.papimindsetcoach.com/home_2026?fpr=vr2m3z

I hope to see you there.

Don’t forget to bring a friend!

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Last Call!

The Mindset Mastery Coaching Certification program is starting Jan 13th.

All good things must come to an end. The $997 price tag is expiring soon. So do something this year to really make your resolutions stick (and become a certified coach in the process!)

Mindset Mastery isn’t about hype or positive thinking.

It’s about understanding:

• Why smart, capable people still feel stuck

• How to rewire internal blocks at the root

• How to create consistency without burnout

• How to shift from effort → alignment

When you master your mindset, every goal becomes easier:
Your business.
Your income.
Your confidence.
Your relationships.
Your leadership.

This is why mindset work isn’t a “nice to have.”
It’s the foundation everything else is built on.

A Rare Opportunity (Flash Sale)

For a limited time, we’re offering the Mindset Mastery Program for a special price:

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Use coupon code: SE
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This is the work that changes the trajectory of your year, and your life; because it changes you at the deepest level.

If You’re Going to Commit to Anything This Year…

Don’t commit to another resolution you’ll abandon.

Commit to:

• Understanding your mind

• Releasing what’s been holding you back

• Becoming the version of you that naturally follows through

Because when the mindset shifts…
The results follow.

 Claim the Mindset Mastery Program, a $20,000 value, for $5,000 Just $997!
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Your future self will thank you for this decision.

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While we’re already feeling the devastating effects of human-caused climate change, governments continue to fall short on making and executing emissions pledges that would help thwart further warming. So, what will our world look like in the next 30 to 80 years, if we continue on the current path? Shannon Odell offers a glimpse at Earth’s possible future.

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Superheroes in the sky.

Heroes soaring super high.

Batman, Superman, they save us from schemes.

But they’re not heroes

Heroes work behind the scenes…

Hi, LOVE, HALLIE family:

This is our once a year request for a financial contribution to LOVE, HALLIE, and I hope you will consider it.

Hallie’s words at age 10 speak loudly to us now, in this uncertain time when we’re all wondering “what can I do to make a positive change? How can I be a hero?”

There are so many challenges and so many opportunities. How do we choose? And what can we do?

LOVE, HALLIE’s mission has always been about inspiring and providing practical tools for young people to find their path to creating change.

Working with an all volunteer team, LOVE, HALLIE continues to take this on in three ways:

ChangeSpace In partnership with Culture Lab LIC, we are creating a safe, physical space that we hope will be replicated around the world where people who want to be change agents can:

Find inspiration

Learn about causes

Engage with others

Build their skills

Amplify their stories

Connect creativity to their changemaking

Carpe Diem We are using Hallie’s story, words, and art to inspire change agents through

• Books
• Video
• In-person Presentations & Performances
• Exhibits

Hallie’s Angels Our youth-led action groups choose the causes they want to address and decide how to address them to make a better world.

Your financial contribution will enable LOVE, HALLIE in 2025 to conduct ChangeSpace programs at Culture Lab, including the 2025 Better World Festival, to support the creation of additional Hallie’s Angels chapters (we’re excited about the one blossoming at P.S. 11 in Queens!), and to find publishing, distributing, broadcasting, creating, presenting partners to continue to share Hallie’s inspiring messages of love, empathy and action. On that last front, we are delighted that all 64 Queens Public Library branches will have Hallie’s book The Earth, illustrated by Casey Conselmo, on their shelves in 2025.

We make a lot happen with a little – every dollar you contribute by clicking https://lovehallie.networkforgood.com/projects/241513-lhf-2024-campaign or by mailing your contribution to LOVE, HALLIE, 41-15 46th Street, 6S, New York, NY, 11104 makes a profound difference!

Thanks to all of you who have volunteered. There are always many roles to be filled –  let us know if you’d like to play!

Here’s the final line of Hallie’s Superheroes poem —

Heroes aren’t about Batman — 

Who’s a hero? I am!

Stay hopeful, keep loving, and “do something special” every day!

Carpe diem and love,

Ted

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