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Since 2008, BBVA has published, through OpenMind, a collection of books dedicated to the analysis and dissemination of the central issues of our time. These books, which are published once a year, are collections of articles written by leading international experts that deal transversally, and from different perspectives, with the questions that affect our lives and which are shaping our future. Globalization, ethics, innovation, the future of Europe, technological and scientific advances and their impact on the future of the economy and society are just some of the issues that have been addressed so far.

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  • Download it here   Greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), are the main culprits of climate change. This is what the international scientific community affirms. The burning of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas or coal, which supply around 80% of the world's energy, releases tons of these harmful…

  • Download it here   Improving energy efficiency, promoting renewable energy, sustainable transportation, responsible consumption and the commitment to sustainable food are some of the strategies that are already being implemented in an urgent and coordinated manner in the most developed economies. Very few question them.  However, there are other, less…

    The book in numbers
    1 authors
    1 articles
  • Climate change is one of the biggest risks we face as a species, and although there are some discrepancies among the international community regarding the cause and consequences, there is one issue in which everyone agrees: we must act and we have to do so now. This fight is not…

    The book in numbers
    1 authors
    3 articles
  • The exponential increase in data processing, transmission, and storage capacity brought about by the digital revolution, and the concomitant reduction in costs per unit, marks the start of a new era: the “Age of Data.” We are in the midst of a period of rapid transformation, in the economy, society,…

    The book in numbers
    19 authors
    16 articles
  • This book examines where the great scientific and technological advances of the last decade are leading us and their impact on how humankind will live in the future.   This impact will depend to a large extent on the decisions we take from now on. In this sense, an important…

    The book in numbers
    23 authors
    21 articles
  • The technological revolution we are living is generating transformations that affect the future of humanity. Those that seemed fundamental constants of the human species: their physical and mental capacities, their longevity … etc., are now to be defined. All this has opened what this book calls “the age of perplexity".…

    The book in numbers
    23 authors
    20 articles
  • This book presents a view of the potential of what are known as “exponential technologies", considering their economic, social, environmental, ethical, and even ontological implications. Emerging technologies will change, and are already changing, what have seemed to be the fundamental constants of human nature:  it now seems possible to drastically…

    The book in numbers
    20 authors
    18 articles
  • European integration is an issue that affects not only Europeans but everyone in the world. This book aims to analyze and generate discussion on the present and the future of Europe and its integration project. Through 20 articles, 23 leading experts from around the world present their different ideas about…

    The book in numbers
    23 authors
    20 articles
  • The digital era has unleashed a far-reaching tsunami that we are still trying to understand and come to terms with. This book analyzes how this information technology driven revolution is influencing the very foundation of how the great majority of us work and do business. This is tantamount to discussing…

    The book in numbers
    22 authors
    19 articles
  • As a tool available to a reasonably wide public, the Internet is only twenty years old, but it is already the fundamental catalyst of the broadest based and fastest technological revolution in history. It is the broadest based because over the past two decades its effects have touched upon practically…

    The book in numbers
    19 authors
    19 articles
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