The increasing need for talent in the environmental industry is indisputable. The growth in industry and infrastructure development has resulted in growing local and international environmental challenges such as climate change, air pollution and waste.

Toby will provide an overview of sustainable investing and its stage of development, particularly in Asia.

Airborne particulate matter of biological origin play an important role in public health and climate. This is evidenced most recently by the global pandemic, whereby transmission of the coronavirus via aerosol and droplets during exhalation is thought to be the dominant exposure pathway.

Atmospheric sulfate aerosols have important impacts on air quality, climate, and human and ecosystem health.

As the economic toll of wildfires, floods, droughts, and sea-level rises grow, so does the concern about the risk of climate change. Government, industry, and investors are increasingly trying to factor the cost of climate change into their decisions.

Urban engineering is the discipline that studies and designs urban infrastructure as integrated and co-dependent systems. It is by nature inter-disciplinary, including elements of urban planning, urban metabolism, computer science, and civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Urban infrastructure systems include buildings, transport, water, wastewater, electricity, gas, solid waste, and telecom infrastructure systems.

Dispersal is a critical yet poorly understood factor underlying macroecological patterns in microbial communities.