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Air quality in European cities would benefit from reducing the combustion of traditional biomass for residential heating.
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Most comprehensive analysis to date shows that forest degradation can span up to 1.5km inside forest interiors.
JRC foresight makes the case for an all-encompassing policy view.
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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?
Scientists of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) carry out research in various fields to provide independent advice to EU policymakers and put science at the heart of European policies.
We are working every day to make European policies grounded in science.