In 2015, the United Nations adopted the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, calling for continuous efforts towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals from 2015 to 2030 and beyond. With both environmental and societal problems arising exponentially from rapid modernization, sustainability presents itself as the most urgent topic of discussion in the world right now. Industrialization's need for rapid scaling, alongside the information revolution kick-started by the introduction of the internet, has given rise to unsustainable practices caused by human neglect that have plagued our world and accelerated its warming. The 17 SDGs attempt to create a converging lens to bring complex sustainability issues into focus, and we want to be a part of that effort.

NTU-Taiwan, along with our project SAC(Standardized AI-Powered Platform for Carbon-Sequestering Spider Silk Materials) , hopes to help build the next iteration of our planet with better and more sustainable practices. Equipped with an AI platform that helps produce carbon-capturing spider silk proteins through synthetic biology, we utilize cutting-edge technology to create next generation biomaterials that can rival traditional materials built on unsustainable platforms.