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How do we engineer and innovate for a better world? That's the question that scientists are trying to answer, with the help of R&D investment.

Innovation is driven by three things: people, their ideas, and collaboration. That's the opinion of the professor Mike Short, chief scientific advisor at the UK's Department for Business and Trade (DBT). And according to the UN Global Compact 2022, achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals doesn't just need accumulative innovation but "breakthrough innovation."