Cities are ahead of the game in the transition to a cleaner, more livable world and Madrid's Mayor, Manuela Carmena, has boldly made the city a leading example by restricting private internal combustion engines from the city's most iconic central district.

Last week IESE had a presence at Web Summit in Lisbon and I came away much more optimistic about the world's future as perhaps we will be able to reign in some of the more dangerous aspects of the web and also find ways to adress environmental problems.

26 years after publishing the Toyota Earth Charter, the company has launched Mirai, a production fuel cell program which might win over the electric car.