The May edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available, below average production expected in the Maghreb and parts of Southern Africa.

Loneliness has been identified as a serious public health concern and linked to a number of factors, including poor health and low social connectedness.

Nearly 7,000 cities, signatories of the world’s largest alliance for city climate action, the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM), report progress on energy savings and renewables’ generation.

A new JRC study explores the connections, opportunities and challenges of demographic and climate change, and how these can be considered in EU climate policymaking.

A set of transatlantic technical recommendations for the upgrade and expansion of charging infrastructure will help set harmonised standards, remove trade barriers, and green road transport.

A new model based on satellite data assesses urban population exposure to land surface temperature extremes and evaluates the impact of urban greening in reducing heat exposure.

Reducing the intensity of forest management increases carbon sequestration in forests. However, even if forest management were removed altogether, the mitigation potential of this strategy is limited.

New voluntary EU performance requirements for metal detection equipment will help ensure protection from security threats in public spaces across the EU

Invasive alien species are a major threat to native biodiversity and ecosystems functioning, and can affect negatively human health and the economy.