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World Cancer Day: Tackling cancer inequalities and disparities
The Commission’s European Cancer Inequalities Registry is helping policy makers and researchers to address cancer inequalities and disparities.

In a low-carbon world, trade in fossil fuels plummets
A modelling exercise for a 1.5°C global warming scenario shows the share of fossil fuels in global energy trade drops by 80% in 2050 compared to today.

World’s most accurate positioning service, Galileo’s HAS, goes live
The JRC contributed to the definition, testing and validation of HAS.

Dealing with the demographic transition, drivers of change and impact across Europe
The Commission 2023 Report on the Impact of Demographic Change revisits firmly established long-term trends.

New universal JRC detection method for SARS-CoV-2
The method detects all current and most likely all the future variants.

Ecosystems might lose 27% of vertebrate diversity by 2100
Mass extinction: a new study models how climate and land use change will drive global diversity loss.

A new handbook provides guidance on protection of public spaces from terrorist attacks
Public spaces are vulnerable because they are open. Scientists and security experts compile a handbook with guidance on securely designing and renovating public spaces.

Industrial investments in research and development in the EU again on the rise
R&D investment by the 2500 top global industrial investors in 2021 grew by 14.8% as compared to 2020. In the EU, it increased by 8.9% following a 2.2% dip in 2020.

Recommendation for safe and sustainable chemicals published
The JRC provides the scientific basis for the new Commission's recommendation on design of safer and more sustainable chemicals.

EU clean air measures could decrease by 70% the number premature deaths due to air pollution
The first Zero Pollution Outlook by the JRC analyses whether the EU is on track to reach its zero pollution targets with current and newly proposed EU policies.

Inflation increases poverty unevenly, widening gaps across the EU
A JRC study measures the effects of high prices on poverty indicators from an innovative angle.

Sustainable Development Goals: EU regions’ engagement and filling the data gap
REGIONS2030 project was launched to engage EU regions in monitoring the Social Development Goals with ten initial participants

New website to monitor the uptake of key internet standards across the EU
A new website will track the deployment of key internet standards, essential for free, open, accessible and secure global internet

The window is closing: We need urgent global action to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C
With current policies, the temperature increase is set to reach 2.8°C. Science helps to cut emissions and adapt to a changing climate.

European Forest Fire report: Three of the worst fire seasons on record took place in the last six years
The JRC published the latest edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in 2021.

Novel assessment shows vulnerability of arable land to soil erosion across Europe
A new assessment shows the cumulative impact of water, wind, tillage and harvesting on farmland at European scale

Evidence-informed policymaking: a new document to foster discussion on a better use of scientific knowledge in policy
Scientific knowledge can help policymakers understand, identify and assess policy options.

Vice-President Šuica: citizens should be at the heart of EU policymaking
We asked Vice-President Šuica about why the Commission wants to involve citizens in policymaking and how the Joint Research Centre can help.

A lost generation? The COVID-19 pandemic triggered dramatic learning losses among schoolchildren
The pandemic-induced remote schooling appears to have had dire consequences for educational achievement and deepened inequalities.

Remote town in Sicily pioneers new ways of democracy
Regalbuto sets an example by engaging citizens in new and innovative ways to rethink the town’s future together.