JRC research updates

Among the 2023 highlights: new in vitro methods under consideration for regulatory application, a virtual reality application for education in schools, and enhancing collaboration to promote innovative non-animal approaches.

Energy communities could help to lift low-income households out of energy poverty, provided they are empowered through a combination of policy, funding, and technical support at national or EU level.

A review of hydrogen transportation projects carried out over the last two decades confirms its value for EU’s transport system decarbonisation and provides recommendations to overcome challenges.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been nearly halved in 2023 as compared to 2022, while forest disturbance differs for other countries of the region

While financial measures alone are effective in addressing energy poverty, there’s need for behavioural interventions, more rooted in the social context.

The western countries of North Africa have been severely affected by drought.

Warmer-than-usual conditions have prevailed in most parts of Europe, yet most distinctly in the south.

While it can improve productivity and service quality, algorithmic management also presents risks about workers’ surveillance and job quality, particularly if there aren’t robust legal safeguards.

A text mining exercise, coupled with expert knowledge, identifies 77 emerging energy technologies. Public research and funding play a prominent role in their development.