In 2015, United Nations (UN) member states adopted the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with a simple promise: Leave No One Behind. Central to this promise are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “A blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030.”
There are 17 SDGs, ranging from combatting world hunger, to fostering peace, protecting life on land and in the sea, and building partnerships. We asked members of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry‘s International Advisory Board to highlight ways in which the field of chemistry is helping us rise to the challenges set by the SDGs.
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