Toward Sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for Asia

作者：Kmy Leung, Katie Wan Yee Yeung, Jing You, Kyungho Choi, Xiaowei Zhang, Ross E. W. Smith, Guang‐Jie Zhou, Mana Man Na Yung, Carlos R. Arias-Barreiro, Youn‐Joo An, S. Rebekah Burket, Robert Dwyer, Nathalie Fairbank Goodkin, Yii Siang Hii, Tham C. Hoang, Chris L. Humphrey, Chuleemas Boonthai Iwai, Seung‐Woo Jeong, Guillaume Juhel, Ali Karami, Katerina Kyriazi‐Huber, Kuan‐Chun Lee, Bin‐Le Lin, Ben Lü, Patrick P. Martin, Mae Grace Nillos, Katharina Oginawati, I. V. N. Rathnayake, Yenny Risjani, Mohammad Fazelul Rahman Shoeb, Chin Hon Tan, Maria Claret Tsuchiya, Gerald T. Ankley, Alistair B. A. Boxall, Murray A. Rudd, Bryan W. Brooks · 发表于：Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1002/etc.4788 · 被引用次数：66 · 研究领域：Microplastics and Plastic Pollution、Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts、Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Abstract 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 wil...