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DOI: 10.1055/a-2724-6434
Editorial

Call to Action Now: The Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future

Authors

  • Vânia G. Zuin Zeidler 

    1   Institute of Sustainable Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany

  • Gyorgy Szekely

    2   Chemical Engineering Program, Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

  • Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx

    3   Institute for Sustainable & Circular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

  • Jesús Esteban

    4   Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  • Anant R. Kapdi

    5   Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India

  • Juliana L. Vidal

    6   Beyond Benign Inc., Wilmington, United States

  • Silvia Gross

    7   Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
    8   Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

  • Huizhen Liu

    9   Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    10   School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  • Masaharu Nakamura

    11   International Research Center for Elements Science (IRCELS), Institute for Chemical Research (ICR), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  • J. Chris Slootweg 

    12   Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Research Priority Area Sustainable Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Abstract

The Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future presents a forward-looking vision and call for collective action, which is urgently needed today for the chemical sciences to drive sustainable development, involving all sectors, from science, industry, education and politics. It addresses important challenges such as environmental pollution and resource depletion, but also concrete ways to implement solutions for a better and more sustainable and ethical future. For Sustainability & Circularity NOW, the first journal to sign the Stockholm Declaration, the publication of this call to action is an important step that needs to be widely disseminated to our community and beyond.

Keywords

Stockholm declaration - Chemistry for the future - Collective action - Communication


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Article published online:
31 October 2025

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Vânia G. Zuin Zeidler, Gyorgy Szekely, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx, Jesús Esteban, Anant R. Kapdi, Juliana L. Vidal, Silvia Gross, Huizhen Liu, Masaharu Nakamura, J. Chris Slootweg. Call to Action Now: The Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future. Sustainability & Circularity NOW 2025; 02: a27246434.
DOI: 10.1055/a-2724-6434