Crisis management

Droughts are increasingly affecting economic sectors, financial systems, populations and ecosystems worldwide.

Climate change is making wildfires more common, dangerous, and difficult to fight.

Record temperatures and low rainfall have had impacts on food security, livelihoods, and energy production in many world regions.

A repository of scientific publications based on a selection of papers, reports and policy briefs covering different DRM research domains and policy areas produced by the scientists of the Joint Research Center.

The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project aims to produce and analyse global built-up surface, population density and human settlement thematic maps to understand human presence on Planet Earth.

The Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring (REM) group of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission provides qualified information about the level of environmental radioactivity to the public, Member States, EC and European Parliament.