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The role of chemistry in inventing a sustainable future

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The Sustainable Development Goals adopted at a UN summit in September 2015 address many of the great challenges that our planet faces this century. Chemistry can make pivotal contributions to help realize these ambitious goals, but first it must undergo major changes in its priorities, approaches and practices.

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  1. Stephen A. Matlin is Head of Strategic Development for the IOCD and Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK,

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  2. Goverdhan Mehta is on the board of the IOCD and is a National Research Professor and Lilly-Jubilant Chair in the School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, 500046 India,

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  3. Henning Hopf is a member of the IOCD Chemistry Education Working Group and a Professor in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, D-38106 Germany,

    Henning Hopf

  4. Alain Krief is Executive Director of the IOCD and Emeritus Professor in the Chemistry Department, Namur University, B-5000 Namur, Belgium,

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Matlin, S., Mehta, G., Hopf, H. et al. The role of chemistry in inventing a sustainable future. Nature Chem 7, 941–943 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2389

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