Imperial College London
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Professor Nick Voulvoulis

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Professor of Environmental Technology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7459n.voulvoulis Website

 
 
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Location

 

103Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

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@article{Brack:2019:10.1186/s12302-019-0232-y,
author = {Brack, W and Ait-Aissa, S and Backhaus, T and Birk, S and Barcelo, D and Burgess, R and Cousins, I and Dulio, V and Escher, BI and Focks, A and van, Gils J and Ginebreda, A and Hering, D and Hewitt, LM and Hilscherova, K and Hollender, J and Hollert, H and Kock, M and Kortenkamp, A and Lopez, de Alda M and Mueller, C and Posthuma, L and Schueuermann, G and Schymanski, E and Segner, H and Sleeuwaert, F and Slobodnik, J and Teodorovic, I and Umbuzeiro, G and Voulvoulis, N and van, Wezel A and Altenburger, R},
doi = {10.1186/s12302-019-0232-y},
journal = {ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE},
title = {Strengthen the European collaborative environmental research to meet European policy goals for achieving a sustainable, non-toxic environment},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0232-y},
volume = {31},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - To meet the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals and the European Union (EU) strategy for a non-toxic environment, water resources and ecosystems management require cost-efficient solutions for prevailing complex contamination and multiple stressor exposures. For the protection of water resources under global change conditions, specific research needs for prediction, monitoring, assessment and abatement of multiple stressors emerge with respect to maintaining human needs, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Collaborative European research seems an ideal instrument to mobilize the required transdisciplinary scientific support and tackle the large-scale dimension and develop options required for implementation of European policies. Calls for research on minimizing society’s chemical footprints in the water–food–energy–security nexus are required. European research should be complemented with targeted national scientific funding to address specific transformation pathways and support the evaluation, demonstration and implementation of novel approaches on regional scales. The foreseeable pressure developments due to demographic, economic and climate changes require solution-oriented thinking, focusing on the assessment of sustainable abatement options and transformation pathways rather than on status evaluation. Stakeholder involvement is a key success factor in collaborative projects as it allows capturing added value, to address other levels of complexity, and find smarter solutions by synthesizing scientific evidence, integrating governance issues, and addressing transition pathways. This increases the chances of closing the value chain by implementing novel solutions. For the water quality topic, the interacting European collaborative projects SOLUTIONS, MARS and GLOBAQUA and the NORMAN network provide best practice examples for successful applied collaborative research including multi-stakeholder involvement. They provided inn
AU  - Brack,W
AU  - Ait-Aissa,S
AU  - Backhaus,T
AU  - Birk,S
AU  - Barcelo,D
AU  - Burgess,R
AU  - Cousins,I
AU  - Dulio,V
AU  - Escher,BI
AU  - Focks,A
AU  - van,Gils J
AU  - Ginebreda,A
AU  - Hering,D
AU  - Hewitt,LM
AU  - Hilscherova,K
AU  - Hollender,J
AU  - Hollert,H
AU  - Kock,M
AU  - Kortenkamp,A
AU  - Lopez,de Alda M
AU  - Mueller,C
AU  - Posthuma,L
AU  - Schueuermann,G
AU  - Schymanski,E
AU  - Segner,H
AU  - Sleeuwaert,F
AU  - Slobodnik,J
AU  - Teodorovic,I
AU  - Umbuzeiro,G
AU  - Voulvoulis,N
AU  - van,Wezel A
AU  - Altenburger,R
DO  - 10.1186/s12302-019-0232-y
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2190-4707
TI  - Strengthen the European collaborative environmental research to meet European policy goals for achieving a sustainable, non-toxic environment
T2  - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0232-y
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/75136
VL  - 31
ER  -
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