Climate change: Green chemistry, technologies, smart cities

By Grateful Ogunjebe
Green chemistry is an interdisciplinary field that integrates renewable resources, green synthesis, and safer solvents to support sustainability and reduce environmental impact. It applies to all areas of chemistry, not just a single discipline.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) explains that green chemistry seeks to promote innovation that unleashes the full potential of chemistry to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to advance innovations that reduce impacts on human health and the environment along the value chain.
According to the United Nations, over half of the global population lives in urbanised...