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In 2024, 1.9 million people face extreme lack of food and exhaustion of coping capacities – a Catastrophe (IPC/CH 5) classification.
New roadmap to help the EU Space Programme better monitor polar regions.
JRC model estimates EU imports use cropland the size of Spain to sustain consumption needs.
Global warming and an ageing population are driving factors behind the increasing mortality risk.
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When policymakers create laws that affect millions of Europeans, how can they be confident that these laws will help people live better and safely? What source of information can they rely on? Who can they trust?
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