It is a pleasure to write an editorial for the GDCh members’ journal because together we are making 2019 a special year, both for chemistry as a discipline, and for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) as an organisation. The International Year of the Periodic Table provides a platform to remind people of chemistry, if only through bringing up dim memories from school. It also allows us to celebrate what chemistry has achieved, and to think about how chemistry can provide solutions for the future. Iupac is charged with the mission of providing objective scientific expertise and providing tools for the application and...