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Open innovation is an invitation for people within a corporation — employees — and also those from outside of it — suppliers, clients, entrepreneurs, start-ups, etc. — to provide their knowledge to drive new projects and generate value. The term isn't new, but self-managed team work is still in at a very early phase in the business sector.

The fight against climate change needs more than just good intentions. Adaptation and mitigation processes, crucial to stopping the planet from deteriorating over the coming decades, requires financing, and this flow of money can come from both private and public sources. The United Nations, though the UNFCCC, is responsible for supervising transfers from developed to developing countries.

Environmental taxes are those designed to tax behaviour that is harmful to the planet's health. They are based on a simple principle — those who pollute, pay — and are essential to halting climate change. Here we tell you their advantages, how much they collect and some of the criticisms.

Every year, 13 million tons of plastic end up in the oceans. A Spanish researcher, David Espinosa, has received an international award for his innovative project for the mass recycling of such packaging.

Not only is it a serious threat to the planet and to people, climate change is also threatening the global economy. This problem needs public-private sector collaboration to change the way we produce goods to other methods that guarantee and drive the development of sustainable economic growth.

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected millions of people and claimed thousands of lives, on top of sending most of the world's population into lockdown. However, it has also considerably lowered daily CO2 emissions levels — by 17 % according to a report by the publication Nature Climate Change —. The question on many minds now is whether the promises made to combat climate change will be kept once the crisis is over, and the answer appears to be yes.