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Chemistry’s Role in Malaysia Sustainable Development Progress
Summary
This brief review summarises chemistry's role in Malaysia's progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, drawing on a special topic article published in Pure and Applied Chemistry. The piece serves as an overview pointing readers to deeper reference material on Malaysian sustainable development contributions across chemistry-related SDG targets.
Abstract Chemistry’s role in Malaysia’s progress achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is reviewed in a special topic article recently published in Pure and Applied Chemistry [1]. Readers interested in exploring this topic further, should check out [1] and the references provided therein for more comprehensive details.
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