Selected Papers from the 10th International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE 2023) and SECOTOX Conference

Dear Colleagues,

The quest for worldwide financial development is never ending and currently involves both established (such as the EU or USA) and fast developing economies (such as the BRICs). In this race, sometimes the principles of sustainable development that encompass social justice and environmental protection are forgotten; as such, there may be incidents of point or diffuse pollution from anthropogenic activities. This dangerous deterioration may jeopardize human health and environmental quality, causing detrimental effects to biotic or abiotic components of the ecosystem. Furthermore, adaptation measures against climate change and novel circular business models of reuse and recycling may aggravate the (bio)accumulation of well-known or emerging pollutants within a semi-closed ecosystem. This risk has become a topic of major concern because chemical or biological agents are widely and increasingly used in multitude of activities, resulting in their continued release into the environment through several different routes.

This Special Issue aims to compile the current state of the art and provide future perspectives regarding environmental pollution solutions using a multidisciplinary approach towards topics, such as:

• Occurrence of classic and emerging pollutants in different environmental compartments;
• Analytical monitoring, quantification, and assessment;
• Technical and/or biological treatment and removal through novel solutions;
• Fate of pollutants in atmosphere, aquatic, or terrestrial ecosystems;
• Toxicity and ecotoxicity transfer along the food chain;
• Risk assessment, characterization, and mitigation;
• In vitro, in vivo, and in silico approaches to analysis and quantification;
• Energy-saving, decarbonization, and circular economy solutions and their effect on pollution aggravation or diminishment;
• Simulation and forecast of pollutants in atmosphere, aquatic, or terrestrial ecosystems.

Prof. Dr. Petros Samaras
Dr. Dorothea S. Kasiteropoulou
Dr. Christina Emmanouil
Guest Editors

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• environmental pollution
• fate and transfer of pollutants
• circular economy
• waste management
• toxicity and ecotoxicity
• risk assessment
• energy decarbonization
• environmentally friendly nanomaterials