What is the relationship between chemicals and environmental and human stressors, such as climate change and biodiversity loss? What will the impact be on ecosystem services, both now and in the future?
Background
We need to understand the risks associated with the chemicals we use as well as their impacts on the environment, and the role of government and others to prevent harm, in line with the goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan:
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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SYBERAC Towards a SYstems-Based, holistic Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals
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Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically addresses the relationship between chemicals and environmental stressors, as well as their impact on ecosystem services.
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Why might this be relevant?
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Precision Environmental Health
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Funded by: NERC
Why might this be relevant?
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