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A new report aims to help cities, regions and EU countries advance in placed-based transformation towards fair green and digital transitions.
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Combined actions such as reduced waste export and increased separate waste collection could more than double the amount of recycled plastic in the EU.
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Policy makers, primary producers, consumers and businesses got together to imagine the bioeconomy of the future. The policy recommendations are now out.
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The current decade is critical to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C: investment in low- and zero-emissions technologies is instrumental to achieving the Paris Agreement target.
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Data points to increased elf workload.
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Dietary changes help halve nitrogen losses.
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Latest data on global migration trends and a new thematic section on EU solidarity towards people displaced from Ukraine.
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The JRC's research paves the way for sustainable and resilient economic strategies, byncovering the intertwined nature of climate change, biodiversity loss and financial risk.
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The space industry is rapidly changing worldwide. As it becomes more important, the need for reliable data on the space economy is also rising.
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In 2022, EU industry's investment surpassed the global average rate and, unlike in the rest of the world, it grew for two consecutive years.
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A new recommendation from the European Commission calls for promoting the participation of citizens and civil society organisations in public policy-making.
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A new summary for policymakers report quantifies the biomass supply and uses in the EU and cautions against over-optimism on the availability of this limited, albeit renewable, resource.
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The JRC-managed observatory will help protect and restore world’s forests and ensure that Europeans consume deforestation-free products.
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A first-time panoramic look at Small Island Developing States (SIDS) shows a drastic increase in coastal flood risk due to rising sea levels caused by climate change, a JRC-led study says.
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The EU is an example of investment in soil research, overall soil health and sustainable soil management, a review of 40 years of EU-funded soil research shows.
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Over time, nuclear research achieved important results also in fields that are unrelated with energy, such as nuclear forensics and healthcare.
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In 2022, land roughly the size of Corsica was scorched by wildfires in the EU, according to the latest report on fires in the pan-European region.
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The gap between countries’ and global models' measuring shows net-zero emissions need to be achieved earlier, up to five years before previously estimated target dates.
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The Urban PM2.5 Atlas pinpoints sectors and extent of air pollution across 150 European cities thanks to updated dataset and methodology.
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An expected renaissance of democracies, a critical youth, and a more active civil society were sources of hope amid geopolitical angst, climate urgency, and AI unease.