Towards sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Asia.

作者：Leung, Kenneth M Y; Yeung, Katie W Y; You, Jing; Choi, Kyungho; Zhang, Xiaowei; Smith, Ross; Zhou, Guang-Jie; Yung, Mana M N; Arias-Barreiro, Carlos; An, Youn-Joo; Burket, S Rebekah; Dwyer, Robert; Goodkin, Nathalie; Hii, Yii Siang; Hoang, Tham; Humphrey, Chris; Iwai, Chuleemas Boonthai; Jeong, Seung-Woo; Juhel, Guillaume; Karami, Ali; Kyriazi-Huber, Katerina; Lee, Kuan-Chun; Lin, Bin-Le; Lu, Ben; Martin, Patrick; Nillos, Mae Grace; Oginawati, Katharina; Rathnayake, I V N; Risjani, Yenny

来源：Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2020.

DOI：10.1002/etc.4788

• biomonitoring
• climate change
• environmental chemistry
• environmental toxicology
• hazard/risk assessment

Environmental and human health challenges are pronounced in Asia, an exceptionally diverse and complex region where 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 adverse impact of environmental stressors on ecosystem services and biodiversity, for which Asia is 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 presents 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 transdisciplinary coordination through existing and non-traditional partnerships within and among countries and sectors. Answering these questions will not be easy, but is necessary to achieve more sustainable environmental quality in Asia.

• 单位
  Nanyang Technological University(Singapore); NanYang Technological University, Singapore; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Konkuk University; The University of Hong Kong; The University of Hongkong; the University of Hong Kong