TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward Sustainable Environmental Quality
T2 - Priority Research Questions for Asia
AU - Leung, Kenneth M.Y.
AU - Yeung, Katie W.Y.
AU - You, Jing
AU - Choi, Kyungho
AU - Zhang, Xiaowei
AU - Smith, Ross
AU - Zhou, Guang Jie
AU - Yung, Mana M.N.
AU - Arias-Barreiro, Carlos
AU - An, Youn Joo
AU - Burket, S. Rebekah
AU - Dwyer, Robert
AU - Goodkin, Nathalie
AU - Hii, Yii Siang
AU - Hoang, Tham
AU - Humphrey, Chris
AU - Iwai, Chuleemas Boonthai
AU - Jeong, Seung Woo
AU - Juhel, Guillaume
AU - Karami, Ali
AU - Kyriazi-Huber, Katerina
AU - Lee, Kuan Chun
AU - Lin, Bin Le
AU - Lu, Ben
AU - Martin, Patrick
AU - Nillos, Mae Grace
AU - Oginawati, Katharina
AU - Rathnayake, I. V.N.
AU - Risjani, Yenny
AU - Shoeb, Mohammad
AU - Tan, Chin Hon
AU - Tsuchiya, Maria Claret
AU - Ankley, Gerald T.
AU - Boxall, Alistair B.A.
AU - Rudd, Murray A.
AU - Brooks, Bryan W.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Baylor University, T. and D. Robert, the University of York, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the University of Hong Kong, and the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (City University of Hong Kong) for financial support. In-kind support was provided by SETAC. We deeply acknowledge all of the experts who anonymously submitted questions, which made this exercise possible. We also thank the editor, J. Diamond, and the 2 anonymous reviewers for providing useful and constructive comments on a draft of this manuscript. All authors do not have a conflict of interest to declare. Current address for N. Goodkin is American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
Funding Information:
We thank Baylor University, T. and D. Robert, the University of York, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the University of Hong Kong, and the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (City University of Hong Kong) for financial support. In‐kind support was provided by SETAC. We deeply acknowledge all of the experts who anonymously submitted questions, which made this exercise possible. We also thank the editor, J. Diamond, and the 2 anonymous reviewers for providing useful and constructive comments on a draft of this manuscript. All authors do not have a conflict of interest to declare. Current address for N. Goodkin is American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - 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 transdisciplinary coordination through existing and nontraditional 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. Environ Toxicol Chem 2020;39:1485–1505.
AB - 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 transdisciplinary coordination through existing and nontraditional 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. Environ Toxicol Chem 2020;39:1485–1505.
KW - Biomonitoring
KW - Climate change
KW - Environmental chemistry
KW - Environmental toxicology
KW - Hazard/risk assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088162511&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/etc.4788
DO - 10.1002/etc.4788
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32474951
AN - SCOPUS:85088162511
SN - 0730-7268
VL - 39
SP - 1485
EP - 1505
JO - Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
JF - Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
IS - 8
ER -
