Domain # 1
Pollution, Waste & Environmental Health
Day 1 explores pollution, waste, and environmental health through the One Health lens, addressing air, water, and soil contamination, microplastics, and toxic exposures. It highlights circular economy solutions, environmental monitoring technologies, data systems, and community-based approaches to strengthen resilience, sustainability, and public health protection
Part 1: Water, Emergent Contaminants, Plastics, Microplastics and Vector-Borne Diseases
Sub-domain topics
- Emerging contaminants in aquatic ecosystems
- Plastics, microplastics and nanoplastics pollution
- Water quality, sanitation and public health risks
- Antimicrobial resistance as a “silent vector”
- Vector-borne diseases linked to environmental change
- Monitoring technologies for water and contaminant surveillance
Part 2: Soil, Land Degradation and Desertification
Sub-domain topics
- Soil pollution and toxic contamination
- Land degradation and desertification processes
- Sustainable agriculture and soil health
- Food security and resilient food systems
- Environmental justice and vulnerable communities
- Local knowledge and data-driven land restoration solutions
Part 3: Human Settlements, Urban Environment and Air Contamination
Sub-domain topics
- Air quality monitoring, modelling and forecasting
- Environmental monitoring
- remote sensing and Earth observation
- Climate change and pollution dynamics
- Industrial, agricultural and transportation emissions
- Wildfires, dust storms and transboundary air pollution
- Indoor and outdoor air quality interactions
- Emerging contaminants and atmospheric toxicants
- Atmospheric pollution mitigation and policy interventions
- One Health perspectives on atmospheric pollution;
Part 4: Climate Change as a One Health Threat
Sub-domain topics
- Climate change impacts on human, animal and ecosystem health
- Extreme weather events and health vulnerability
- Climate-sensitive diseases and environmental risks
- Early warning systems and climate-health surveillance
- Adaptation, resilience and disaster risk reduction
- Climate justice and One Health governance