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- Nanotechnology is crucial for achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by providing innovative technological solutions and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.
- The field can accelerate sustainability efforts through targeted solutions, technology translation, and promoting the circular economy, supported by examples of national initiatives worldwide.
- A global network of leading nanocenters has been created to tackle sustainability challenges and invite further participation from others in the field.
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Nanotechnology has important roles to play in international efforts in sustainability. We discuss how current and future capabilities in nanotechnology align with and support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. We argue that, as a field, we can accelerate the progress toward these goals both directly through technological solutions and through our special interdisciplinary skills in communication and tackling difficult challenges. We discuss the roles of targeting solutions, technology translation, the circular economy, and a number of examples from national efforts around the world in reaching these goals. We have formed a network of leading nanocenters to address these challenges globally and seek to recruit others to join us.
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