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The IIES is delighted to welcome its newest member, Phenikaa University in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The IIES conference was a week filled with collaboration and learning about how, on a global scale, different environmental disciplines and cultures must unite to achieve climate resilience.
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In my opinion, the 2025 Science & Policy Workshop marked a special milestone as the plenary session unraveled themes that speak to the current global environmental challenges and strategic remediation approaches.
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The IIES is thrilled to welcome its newest member, the Federal University of Ceará in Fortaleza, Brazil.
The IIES is delighted to welcome its newest member, Phenikaa University in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The IIES is delighted to welcome its newest member, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) in Quebec, Canada.
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The overarching theme of this series is “improving water security” but the presentations touch on many pillars of the International Institute for Environmental Studies, for example water quality and emerging pollutants relating to environmental health.
Mangroves are one of the most efficient and effective natural tools for mitigating and adapting to global change in tropical and subtropical coasts. This seminar series thus focuses on the environmental impacts on, and mangrove response to, global change and on the outcomes of restoration and improved capacities of mangroves to mitigate pressures from global change.
Of the 7 billion tonnes of plastic waste produced globally, less than 10% has been recycled (UNEP). While there is a huge problem with plastic waste generally, more recently researchers have begun to identify problems associated with microplastics, i.e. very small particles of plastic that are either released directly to the environment or are formed in situ.