International Workshop on Monitoring Chemical Pollution in Antarctica - Tackling future Challenges together

This is the Report of the The International Workshop on Monitoring Chemical Pollution in Antarctica: Tackling Future Challenges Together (IWPTS), successfully held in Siena, Italy, in 3rd-4th October 2024. The workshop convened leading researchers and environmental stakeholders to address the critical issue of chemical pollution in the Antarctic region. This workshop underscored the growing concern about the presence and impact of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the Antarctic. The workshop was organized around four major scientific themes: Environmental Fate and Transport of POPs and CECs in Antarctica Antarctic Environmental Specimen Banking National and International Antarctic Environmental Monitoring Programs Advanced Sampling and Analytical Technologies.