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Engineering for sustainable development brings both hope and challenges for the twenty-first century. The latest IPCC (2021) Report states that global surface temperatures will continue to increase under all emission scenarios until at least the mid-century. It is clear that global warming of 1.5–2 ∘C will be exceeded during the twenty-first century unless significant reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions are made in the next few decades. What does this mean for the engineering profession? It means that the technologies, material choices, and engineering designs will all face increasing pressures to improve energy efficiency, to move towards only renewable energy, reduce embodied energy andmaterial intensity in engineering products and services, and consider reducing end-of-life waste management issues through improved design, resource recovery, and remanufacturing. It also will mean that the engineering profession will need to seriously consider the stewardship and corporate social responsibilities of living in a world destined for 9 billion people by mid-century and all the attendant pressures of a warming climate, increased population density in our major cities, and the constant trade-offs between increased economic growth and the conservation of global resources and the natural environment. All these challenges are grounded in engineering decision-making. As highlighted by the Natural Edge Project (2002–2006), 70% of modern sustainability challenges fundamentally involve engineering decision-making. Engineering covers a wide variety of industry applications, manufacturing sectors, consumer good production, and housing and energy systems. Engineers were central to the seventeenth century Industrial Revolution which catalysed the intensive production systems previous century have benefited from in terms of improved health, higher living standards and phenomenal global economic growth and technological development. We have the engineering profession to thank for this.