Each year, ACS sends student ambassadors as UN accredited “Observers” to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) annual Conference of Parties (COP). The primary goal of this project is to promote climate literacy among college and university students, educators, our Society, and all of society by employing social media as a tool and the UN as a platform for sustainability education. The project was launched in 2010. Since then, more than 70 students from across the country and around the globe have represented ACS at ten consecutive annual COPs. The project has produced three symposium series books to date. This presentation provides an overview of the ACS COP student project and discusses the science of climate change within a broad context of sustainability, economic equity, social justice, and the complexities of developing multilateral policy.

Building student leaders in sustainability by engaging them in climate negotiations at the United Nations

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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