MDPI World Environment Day Webinar 2026
5 June 2026
Welcome Message
Welcome to the MDPI World Environment Day Webinar 2026!
World Environment Day is celebrated annually in June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. To contribute to the fight against climate change, MDPI will be holding a special webinar in conjunction, in line with 2026’s theme, “A Global Call for Climate Action”, whereby the United Nations Environment Programme’s global campaign calls on all of us to step in #NowForClimate and steer a world already in motion.
Register now and join us!
Date: 5 June 2026
Time: 12:00 pm CEST | 6:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 857 7303 7011
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Invited Speakers
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Italy
The Triple Crisis in the Mediterranean Sea: Climate Change, Pollution and Biodiversity Loss
Chiara Martino is a marine biologist and researcher at the University of Palermo (Italy), specializing in marine biology, ecotoxicology and the impacts of climate change on Mediterranean coastal ecosystems. Her research focuses on sea urchins as model organisms to investigate how multiple environmental stressors, including marine heatwaves, pollution and emerging contaminants, affect reproductive processes, embryonic development, biomineralization and ecosystem resilience. She combines experimental ecology with cellular, molecular and biochemical approaches to assess organismal responses and understand how stress-induced effects may scale up to population and ecosystem-level consequences. Her work also explores the sustainable valorization of marine biomasses within the framework of the blue economy. Dr. Martino is the scientific lead of the BLUE-MED project, officially endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Action, and is actively involved in international interdisciplinary collaborations linking marine science, innovation, sustainability and climate adaptation strategies for coastal ecosystems.
Resource and Environmental Planning Programme, Massey University, New Zealand
Adaptation As Pact-Making: From Pathways to Living Agreements for Climate-Resilient Development
Bruce is a Professor at Massey University, Aotearoa New Zealand. Over the last four decades, he has worked as a policy advisor, consultant planner, and academic, mainly in New Zealand, South Africa, and the USA. His applied research centres on how to make societal choices in turbulent times, with a focus on: Adapting to climate change; natural hazards planning; coastal governance; and collaborative planning and conflict transformation. Bruce has been a Coordinating Lead Author / Author in UNESCO-IOC’s Global Ocean Science Report III (2025-2026); the UN’s Third World Ocean Assessment (2024-2025); the Nexus Report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2022-2024); and the IPCC’s AR6 Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (2017-2019) and Working Group II Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (2019-2022). Bruce works as a ‘critical friend’ with local communities and their governing authorities in the Global North and Global South to chart innovative climate resilient development pathways in turbulent times.
Registration
This is a FREE webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Program
|
Speaker |
Presentation Title |
Time in CEST |
Time in CST Asia |
|
Host - Natasa Miladinovic |
Webinar Introduction |
12:00 - 12:05 pm |
6:00 - 6:05 pm |
|
Dr. Chiara Martino |
The Triple Crisis in the Mediterranean Sea: Climate Change, Pollution and Biodiversity Loss |
12:05 - 12:25 pm |
6:05 - 6:25 pm |
| Prof. Dr. Bruce Glavovic |
Adaptation As Pact-Making: From Pathways to Living Agreements for Climate-Resilient Development |
12:25 - 12:45 pm |
6:25 - 6:45 pm |
|
Q&A |
12:45 - 12:55 pm |
6:45 - 6:55 pm |
|
|
Host - Natasa Miladinovic |
Closing of Webinar |
12:55 - 1:00 pm |
6:55 - 7:00 pm |
Relevant Special Issues
"Drought Risk and Human Vulnerability Under Climate Change: Assessment Frameworks for Water Security and SDGs"
Guest Editors: Dr. João Filipe Santos and Dr. Miguel Potes
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2026
"Renewable Energy and Nearly-Zero Emissions Energy Systems"
Guest Editors: Dr. Nikolaos Sifakis, Dr. Nikolaos Savvakis and Dr. George Arampatzis
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2026
"Air Pollution and Sustainability"
Guest Editor: Dr. Pallav Purohit
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 8 September 2026
"Sustainable Development Pathways and Climate Actions"
Guest Editor: Dr. Md Saidul Islam
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026
Journal Cluster
MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Environmental Sciences
MDPI journals offer a wide range of open access platforms for environmental science researchers to reach their target audience. From broad, wide-reaching mega-journals like Sustainability to more specific, targeted journals like Waste and Aerobiology, we strive to cater to the publishing needs of scientists working across different environmental disciplines.
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