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Special Issue: Emerging and Legacy Pollutants Related to the Climate-Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Unsustainable natural-resource use, including consumption and production practices, is primarily responsible for three major global environmental crises: climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 of the United Nations sets out the objectives needed to “Ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns” by 2030. Achieving SDG 12 and other SDGs will rely on consideration of the linkages between natural resource management, environmental impacts, technology and socio-economic development. The concept of the “climate-water-energy-food” nexus refers to the complex interactions between environmental, biological and human sectors. In this light, the joint conference between the International Institute for Environmental Studies (IIES), the Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED), and Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (HCMUT) will be organized in October 2022 and emphasizes the theme of “Integrated multidisciplinary sciences towards sustainable development”. For this special issue with AECT, we will welcome manuscripts solicited from attendees at the IIES conference that describe original research from various disciplines investigating emerging and legacy pollutants related to energy production, urbanization, agriculture, transport, industrial production and consumption. The topics of interest include: · Analytical methods and workflows · Contamination and toxicology · Environmental technology and mitigation approaches · Bioaccumulation and trophodynamics · Environmental quality · Ecological risk assessment · Source identification.

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