To celebrate the centenary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in July 2019, the 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress took place in Paris. Its programme reflected how chemistry can help to address today and tomorrow’s most challenging issues, in particular, those relevant to human well-being and sustainable development.
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Yang, Y.Y., Nicolas, J. Celebration of a chemical centenary. Nat. Chem. 11, 870–871 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0334-6
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