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Sustainable Development - the leading concept of the 21st century
Sustainable Development describes a progress, which is in agreement
with the needs of the present generation but does not endanger the
chances of the coming ones thus satisfying their needs as well. Having
been discussed on international Summits and Conferences in Rio de
Janeiro 1992 and Johannesburg 2002, it now is a subject matter
worldwide. But still there are controversies on how to achieve this
goal. For example, it is clear that the definition of the prime needs
vary from man to man, from country to country and from continent to
continent.
Industry and environmental safety - do they exclude each other?
No doubt, the prosperity of modern societies is mainly based on the
far-reaching achievements of chemistry and the industry, contributing
to improve the quality of life of billions of human beings. But in
public opinion the price for these advancements to be paid by our
environment seems more and more to be too high. Goods and how they are
produced by the industry today influence the environmental quality of
tomorrow.
While it is the prevailing public opinion that chemistry in particular
endangers the environment, scientists in education, research, and
industry show continuous efforts to prove that an important tool for
improved environmental quality lies in the hand of this discipline.
Chemistry is an opportunity and a risk at the same time for the
implementation of the model of sustainable development. With the
competence of the industry in the field of materials conversion,
important sectors for the implementation of sustainable development in
society can be supported.
CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water
The world is growing together with a multitude of interdisciplinary
approaches of scientists linking their knowledge together. For the
benefit of researchers all over the world and with editors from all
over the world, CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water aims at closing the gap in
the field of environmental issues between developing and developed
countries. While covering all aspects of sustainability and
environmental safety, CLEAN focuses on prevention measures and forward
oriented approaches rather than on remediation and pollution cleanup.
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