Why the world urgently needs more chemists

The debate about the actions required to avoid the damaging effects of global warming and to arrest an ever-increasing loss of biodiversity continues. Many of the required actions will be social and economic in nature, but there are also many technological challenges which will have to be addressed – and a great many of these will require the knowledge and skills of chemists. Two chemistry professors explore some of the issues that could inspire your students to keep studying chemistry.