Editorial
In line with the intentions we set out in our previous issue, this new edition of the magazine covers a variety of subjects and points of view that substantially reflects current topics and the allied debates occurring in today’s society.
Firstly, we take a look at some of the strategies developed in the automobile industry in order to minimize climate change effects. The sector’s massive use of fossil fuels, its enormous financial impact and its effects on how citizens perceive their quality of life make it a sensitive subject that is key in the debate on climate change state of art. In this edition, we analyse the trends in this important industry from an academic point of view and look at the options that are now available to users.
Staying on the subject of the environment, one authority on the forestry economy quantifies the economic role of forest plantations and their byproducts, accompanying his study with a traditional risk analysis faced by the timber market. A special point of interest is that the approach comes from the well advanced perspective of the Chilean forestry sector.
Turkey’s present and future will have significant repercussions in the international sphere, especially in Europe, which is why we believe that an outline of the Turkish insurance market, its current problems and its future prospects, is ideal for this publication. We are fortunate to have the thoughts on the matter of the President of the Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey, which we consider a privilege.
Finally, this year has seen the celebration of the 40th anniversary of man’s landing on the Moon. We have commemorated the event here by interviewing the first Spanish astronaut in space, currently CEO of a successful Spanish company that has already put the first private Spanish satellite into orbit. Here, he reviews his professional career as scientist and space traveller, with very clear perception and enthusiasm. His present mission consists of studying ways in which to maintain the Earth’s ecological balance, by observing the planet from space.