The American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have announced an agreement to work co-operatively to contribute to global efforts aimed at developing sustainable energy, providing abundant food and clean water, and seeking to address other global challenges that threaten sustainability of planet Earth. The societies have agreed to mutually use their resources to contribute to global efforts that seek out solutions for many of the emerging problems caused by unprecedented worldwide population growth and shrinking availability of the resources needed to sustain life.
As part of the agreement, each Society will utilise its considerable scientific expertise - both as an organisation as well as that of its diverse, active and talented members - to address some of the world's most challenging issues. They will also promote joint scientific seminars in the US and UK, featuring key scientists and policymakers. In addition, RSC and ACS will work together to develop a ‘primer’ to help the general public better understand the basic chemistry underlying the global challenges confronting us and their possible solutions. The two organisations will also collaborate to train chemists to speak compellingly and convincingly, in non-technical terms, about sustainability challenges.
This new collaborative alliance with the RSC is one of many international partnerships ACS has initiated in recent years with scientific organisations in Brazil, Japan, France and other countries worldwide.
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