Sustainable Development and Chemistry

Handbook of Green Chemistry and Technology, 2002

Environmental science & technology, 2007

NPT Procestechnologie 2001, 2001

on European level there is much concern about the low prcfile position of chemistry and chemical engineering in development and research programs. At the same time there is the still unfavorable image chemistry and chemical industry have. AllchemE in which the different chemistry related European federations CEFlC, EFCE, FECS/ECCC, COST-chemistry and CERC3 cooperate, has written a position paper for the European Commission to substantiate the essential role chemistry and chemical engineering have in the future development of Europe, its research, its industry and its prosperity. It should support more attention for chemistry in the proposals for the 6th framework research program proposal which is being prepared. Sustainable development forms an essential part in this. The EFCE contribution to that position paper was drafted during a workshop in ECCE3 in Nuremberg. This paper outlines the ideas of the working Party on Environmental Protection.

Environmental Science & Technology, 2007

Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012

The purpose of this article is to describe a best practice: an approach to teaching chemistry that our quantitative research has shown to produce large differences between experimental and control groups in terms of achievement, pro-environmental attitudes, values, and motivation. Our interest in teaching chemistry by focusing on sustainable development arises from the environmental concerns that as the country of this study, Malaysia is facing in many different areas-including rampant logging and pollution. As educators, we are interested in educating future generations so that they can cope with the environmental challenges that not only this nation but also the world as a whole is increasingly facing. The ''green chemistry'' approach we describe here may be just the answer that other developing nations and emergent economies in closing the gap with industrialized nations. We provide a detailed description of how green chemistry has been implemented in a curriculum for pre-service science teachers and in the curriculum of secondary school chemistry.

Chemistry international, 2022

provided perspectives on science, policy, regulatory, societal and business strategies that could enable more rapid movement towards realizing the "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future" [2] that the SDGs are designed to realize. The role and the connection of IUPAC with international organizations was emphasized. In all cases, topics included aspects of science policy or green and sustainable chemical research that support these strategies. With this symposium, attended by about 200 persons, ICGCSD's intentions were to open a dialogue on Green Chemistry and Sustainability with relevant international industries and chemical organizations. Initial collaborations involved chemical industries that were willing to develop the best practices in appropriate manufacturing fields (chemicals, processes, products, etc.).

1999

The Rio+20 agenda has grown from two uninspiring, but essential, foci, the green economy and institutional framework for sustainable development, into a chaotic catchall for the world's woes. Neither approach offers much hope of attracting the attention of world leaders needed to make the conference a success. In recent months, though, one promising idea has emerged: universal sustainable development goals (SDGs). Proposed by Colombia and Guatemala, SDGs have gained momentum and could provide a muchneeded "big idea." Much work, including early engagement from science, needs to be done to ensure success. The new goals would likely expand on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) due to end in 2015. But several key differences must mark SDGs. First, MDGs centered around seven social goals and just one environmental goal. Long-term social and economic improvement will need closer attention to be paid to the environment. Second, whereas MDGs focused on developing countries, SDGs need buy-in from all nations. Third, MDGs were hastily assembled without thorough analysis. In spite of this, there have been successes, particularly those with quantitative targets such as universal primary education (MDG 2) and access to safe drinking water (MDG 7). SDGs deserve deeper analysis of interconnections and synergies between goals, trade-offs, and indicators and targets. The March conference, Planet Under Pressure, held the fi rst major science-policy dialogue on SDGs, jointly organized with the team set up to direct the post-2015 MDGs. The resulting State of the Planet Declaration endorsed the SDG proposal, but the conference concluded that rushing to identify goals without in-depth dialogue with all stakeholders would be a grave mistake. Given that we have 3 years left to run on MDGs, there is no excuse to sidestep T he United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 20 to 22 June. Dubbed "Rio+20," the conference comes 20 years after the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, also held in Rio. That '92 "Earth Summit" produced 27 guiding principles and the adoption of Agenda 21, all focused on sustainable development. Science invited experts from different countries, institutions, and fi elds to refl ect on progress thus far, anticipate challenges and opportunities ahead, and highlight the roles that science and technology can play.

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 1994

The International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC 2010) was held from 26th to 30th July 2010 at La Plantation Resort and Spa, Balaclava, in Mauritius. The theme of the conference was "Chemistry for Sustainable Development". ICPAC 2010 was attended by about 160 participants coming from 30 countries. The conference featured 100 oral and 85 poster presentations. The participants of ICPAC 2010 were invited to submit full papers. The latter were subsequently peer reviewed and the selected papers are collected in this volume. This book of proceedings encloses 31 presentations covering wide ranging topics from organic chemistry to material science and nanotechnology, and from computational chemistry to agricultural chemistry. We would like to thank all those who submitted the full papers and the reviewers for their timely help in assessing these papers for publication. We would like to pay a special tribute to all the sponsors of ICPAC 2010. Chemistry is being increasingly recognised as a central discipline that encompasses several areas of medicine, agriculture, biology, environment, physics and material science. Therefore, as we celebrate the International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011) and the 100th anniversary of the Noble prize awarded to Marie Curie, we hope that this collection of papers will serve as a useful reference set for researchers.

2012

"This work shows how chemistry teaching in an Italian high school can focus on the interplay of science, technology and society with regard to local issues, public policy-making and global problems. In particular, these topics have been used to teach how fields such as economics, politics and law interact with the chemistry curriculum: - Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) - Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Green Public Procurement (GPP)"