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If current disease prevalence remains constant, doctor and nurse numbers would need to grow by 30% and 33% respectively by 2071 to meet demand of ageing population.
A JRC-Eurostat set of globalisation indicators shows for the first time challenges and opportunities for the EU as single entity.
Droughts are increasingly affecting economic sectors, financial systems, populations and ecosystems worldwide.
JRC helps tackle food fraud by developing new tools to detect fraud in spices, herbs, and fish.
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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.
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