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Past events

#EnvChem2025 Chemistry of The Whole Environment

This was an unmissable event for early career and established environmental chemists. It was a unique opportunity to present research and hear about the cutting edge in all aspects of environmental chemistry through a fabulous programme of presentations from delegates who had submitted abstracts in the themes listed below.

Environmental Processes in Soil, Water and Air

Emerging Contaminants

Novel Techniques

Atmospheric Chemistry

Ecotoxicology

Air Quality in the 21st Century

Building on the success of the Monitoring Ambient Air conference series, this event present an update on a range of relevant topics providing a broad and up-to-date survey of the measurement, regulatory and scientific issues affecting air quality. The conference was held in collaboration with DEFRA’s Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG), with a number of presentations focused on the group’s recently published reports, and in conjunction with the UK Clean Air Programm

Killer threads! Fast-Fashion’s impact on the environment.

The Environmental Chemistry Group’s 2024 Distinguished Guest Lecture and symposium, held on 18th March at Burlington House, focused on environmental concerns surrounding fast fashion – from the pollution problems posed by the overproduction of clothing to ways of mitigating the environmental consequences of textile waste. Dr Thomas Stanton, Professor Will Wise, and our ECG Distinguished Guest Lecturer, Dr Raquel Prado, shared their invaluable insights on these environmental challenges.

#EnvChem2023

#EnvChem2023 provided a forum for early career and established researchers working in environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology to share their latest research findings.
This meeting was organised by the RSC Environmental Chemistry Group, SETAC UK, and BMSS Environmental and Food Analysis SIG will comprise presentations and posters on the following themes:
• Environmental processes in soil, water and air
• Emerging contaminants and novel techniques
• Food and environment nexus
• Atmospheric chemistry
• Ecotoxicology

Chemistry for the Environment

The Biotechnology and Environmental Chemistry Interest Groups of the Royal Society of Chemistry joined forces to host ‘Chemistry for the Environment’, an online event that took place on 17th September.
Increasing evidence suggests that the next ten years will be crucial for reversing the highly damaging effects our industrialised societies have had on our environment. It will certainly be the most important decade in history in terms of the impact of our decisions. The expectation is that scientists will find solutions, but the challenges go far beyond scaling up research. The next generation of scientists will need to break out of the lab and confidently address related issues of policy, funding, and public engagement. This event, targeted at scientists who want to do more for the environment, was organised with three main themes and two discussion panels.