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Policymaking can achieve better results and decrease political polarisation by bytaking into account citizens’values and identities.
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The JRC’s Air Quality Atlas for Europe shows the major categories of PM2.5 emission sources –and where those sources originate - for 150 cities
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Series showcases science’s positive impact on major policies and tells the stories of the people behind the science.
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New arrangement aims to mainstream behavioural insights into public health programmes and policies worldwide.
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The Joint Research Centre (JRC) recently published the 14thedition of the PREDICT - Key Facts report tracking the progress made in the ICT sector and...
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The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Commission's Directorate General for Trade have published valuable statistical...
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A new study on climate change induced displacement in and from Africa calls for a joint effort to protect the trapped communities as adverse impacts...
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Building on a series of reports identifying coal-related employment at risk in the EU, the JRC Research Centre released an analysis on the use of...
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A recently published JRC study offers an in-depth understanding of how a long-term disaster affects communities, economies, and ecosystems.
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At COP26 this year, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre is co/-organising no fewer than eleven side events, as well as launching new tools...
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The 2020 edition of the Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa published by the Joint Research Centre confirms a...
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NewGlobal Flood Monitoring tool will improve both emergency response and prevention for future floods worldwide
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Stock-taking and the way ahead for the geographical data sets used for environmental purposes published in a JRC report.
![Recent research shows for the first time that Covid-19 replicates in the gut bacteria](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-10/adobestock_279829306.jpeg?itok=LUxxfgZB)
A JRC study shows for the very first time that SARS-CoV-2 may replicate in the bacteria of our guts, opening new scenarios in the understanding of the...
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New SELFIE module to help make the most of digital technology in vocational education and training.
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European Commission launches the competence centre on participatory and deliberative democracy.
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With ever more frequent and longer heatwaves, European countries will have to face yearly economic losses up to 3% of their GDP.
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A new JRC study explores how scientists are currently using new innovative technologies based on human biology and mathematics-based methods to better...
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Inspiring projects awarded as Commission lays out new actions and funding
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Farmers and policymakers can reap benefits from taking seasonal weather forecasts into account when making decisions about wheat.