Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe

作者：Paul J. Van den Brink, Alistair B. A. Boxall, Lorraine Lucy Maltby, Bryan W. Brooks, Murray A. Rudd, Thomas Backhaus, David J. Spurgeon, Violaine Verougstraete, Charmaine Ajao, Gerald T. Ankley, Sabine E. Apitz, Kathryn E. Arnold, Tomas Brodin, Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles, Jennifer L. Chapman, Jone Corrales, Marie‐Agnès Coutellec, Teresa F. Fernandes, Jerker Berglund Fick, Alex T. Ford, Gemma Giménez Papiol, Ksenia J. Groh, Thomas H. Hutchinson, Hank Kruger, Jussi V.K. Kukkonen, Stefania Loutseti, Stuart Marshall, Derek C. G. Muir, Manuel Eloy Ortiz‐Santaliestra, Kai B. Paul, Andreu Rico, Ismael Rodea‐Palomares, Jörg Römbke, Tomas Rydberg, Helmut E. Segner, Mathijs G.D. Smit, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Marco Vighi, Inge Werner, Elke I. Zimmer, Joke Van Wensem · 发表于：Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry · 年份：2018 · DOI：10.1002/etc.4205 · 被引用次数：157 · 研究领域：Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts、Chemistry and Chemical Engineering、Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Environmental and human health challenges are pronounced in Asia, an exceptionally diverse and complex region where influences of global megatrends are extensive and numerous stresses to environmental quality exist. Identifying priorities necessary to engage grand challenges can be facilitated through horizon scanning exercises, and to this end we identified and examined 23 priority research questions needed to advance toward more sustainable environmental quality in Asia, as part of the Global Horizon Scanning Project. Advances in environmental toxicology, environmental chemistry, biological monitoring, and risk-assessment methodologies are necessary to address the adverse impacts of environmental stressors on ecosystem services and biodiversity, with Asia being home to numerous biodiversity hotspots. Intersections of the food-energy-water nexus are profound in Asia; innovative and aggressive technologies are necessary to provide clean water, ensure food safety, and stimulate energy efficiency, while improving ecological integrity and addressing legacy and emerging threats to public health and the environment, particularly with increased aquaculture production. Asia is the largest chemical-producing continent globally. Accordingly, sustainable and green chemistry and engineering present decided opportunities to stimulate innovation and realize a number of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Engaging the priority research questions identified herein will require...