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    We are rapidly expanding our reach into Earth’s orbital space and beyond.

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    Soils are vital for food production, biodiversity conservation, and climate regulation.

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    The year 2023 marks the mid-point of the 15-year period envisaged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, targets for global development adopted in September 2015 by all United Nations Member States.

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    Chemistry has always had a central role in the provision of food and energy, materials and medicines. Recent years have increasingly seen chemistry research move towards environmentally friendly, sustainable products and processes.

    Image: Erin Dewalt, Lauren Robinson, David Schilter, Rachael Tremlett

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    Technologies play a critical role in ameliorating many of the sustainability challenges facing humanity and can be designed to limit human impacts on the environment.

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    Concerns are growing about an unfair distribution of the environmental impacts of human actions, and the unequal access to resources, across diverse communities worldwide.

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    There is growing interest in the role of natural solutions, working with nature, to address many sustainability challenges.

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    Water is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), above and beyond SDG6 and SDG14.

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    Anthropogenic climate change is a scientific fact. Without immediate action, we are unlikely to meet the target goal of minimizing global warming to 1.5° C. This collection highlights the importance of human behaviour in climate action, mitigation and adaptation.

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    This November, world leaders will meet in Glasgow, UK for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to discuss action on the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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