ATORES IMPACTEM A SUSTENTABILIDADE E SOBERANIA NO BRASIL

CHEMISTRY POST 2022 MOVEMENT: FORMULATION OF AN ACTION PLAN SO THAT CHEMISTRY AND ITS ACTORS IMPACT THE SUSTAINABILITY AND SOVEREIGNTY IN BRAZIL. Considering the bicentenary of Brazil???s Independence in 2022 and that this year was proclaimed by UNESCO as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, in mid-2021 the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ) launched the ???Post 2022 Chemistry Movement ??? Sustainability and Sovereignty???, with the main goal of promoting different activities so that chemistry contributes for the sustainable development and sovereignty of Brazil in the coming years. One of these activities is the proposal of an action plan, with goals to be achieved by 2030 and 2050. This article describes in detail how this action plan was formulated by a working group, with the help of an advisory council and interviews of 18 professionals from universities, the government, industries, the third sector and other organizations. Mimicking the Agenda 2030 SDGs, the resulting action plan is based on two broad Chemistry Sustainable Development Goals: promoting sustainability through chemistry in basic education, and promoting sustainability in the industry and university through science, technology, innovation, and education (STI&E) in chemistry. After the definition of three driving technological challenges in STI&E, they shall be successively implemented through different actions starting in 2023 yet.

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This article describes the formulation process of the "2022 Chemistry Post Movement - Sustainability and Sovereignty" action plan launched by the Brazilian Chemical Society, which aims to promote chemistry's contribution to the sustainable development and sovereignty of Brazil through various activities. The action plan is based on two broad Chemistry Sustainable Development Goals and will be implemented through different actions.