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RSS![The recommendations will help to reach a common understanding of how to quantify hazard risks and impacts](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-05/drmkc.jpg?itok=ZlYTpxvS)
Launch of consultation to better assess the risks and impacts of natural and man-made hazards
![EFFIS has recorded 1233 fires of about 30 hectares or more up to the end of April.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-05/adobestock_199370851.jpeg?itok=E8XLkgWB)
With over 250k hectares of burnt land in Europe, this year's fire season has already surpassed the area burnt in 2018.
![Commissioner Tibor Navracsics at the Hungarian edition of the Science meets Parliaments/Science meets Regions project, in Balatonfüred](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-05/img_7018.jpg?itok=bHRFDpq4)
On 13 May 2019, Commissioner Tibor Navracsics is participating in the Hungarian edition of the Science meets Parliaments/Science meets Regions project...
![The Work Programme reflects the work the JRC will carry out in 2021/2022.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-06/sergey_nivens-fotolia_99103349_subscription_monthly_xl.jpg?itok=BBvnPubX)
The European Commission has adopted the JRC’s Work Programme for 2019-2020, running under Horizon 2020
![About 2.9 billion international trips occurred in 2016](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-05/rawpixel.com_adobestock_81647703.jpeg?itok=3Fh8qmR5)
The EU is the region with the highest mobility in the world
![Photo: The number of e-vehicles on the road is increasing, putting pressure on existing charging infrastructure](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-05/e-vehicles_idle-time_navee_adobestock_143577873.jpeg?itok=XiLsaDuI)
A new model can estimate, at the beginning of its charging session, how long an e-vehicle is likely to be left idle after charging is completed.
![Picture: The digital revolution is causing significant changes in the world of work](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/work-skills-digital-age_sergey_nivens_adobestock_99592236.jpeg?itok=5Ya3RN3p)
The digital age is disrupting labour markets and transforming skills needs in the EU.
![A wide range of migration data is collected and disseminated in Europe at national and, sometimes, sub-national level](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/neweurope_migration_data.jpg?itok=bakDRcfY)
New webpage brings together an array of data sources to provide evidence on European migration in one place.
![the JRC helps scientist refugees continue their work](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/l-r_shifa_ricardo_eqbal_.jpg?itok=ApwVqgsV)
JRC colleagues run a training and mentoring initiative to help refugee scientists in Europe find ways to continue
![The Better Regulation Agenda is regarded by authors as a step forward for the EU to become a leading example of good regulatory governance worldwide.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/p032197000901-722079.jpg?itok=-Gz1V-D3)
The great majority of the authors who have analysed the Commission's Better Regulation Agenda welcome the ambition of the reforms and see them as...
![Burning bio pellets fuel in a boiler](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/aleks_kend_adobestock_211953102.jpeg?itok=2S7HXs1X)
JRC report highlights need to balance the benefits and the possible negative environmental impacts of the increased use of biomass
![The Egyptian Goose, first introduced to the UK in the 17th Century, is one invasive alien species included in the report](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/maciej_olszewski_adobestock_92867992.jpeg?itok=p8r4S3JI)
A new JRC report shows where Europe's 'invasive alien species' are located.
![A new JRC report zooms in on research and innovation in bridge maintenance, inspection and monitoring in Europe](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/adobestock_westpic_27798611.jpeg?itok=QXffPjK0)
Europe’s transport infrastructure needs effective and proactive maintenance in order to continue its safe operation during the entire life cycle.A new...
![Acute hunger still affecting over 100 million people worldwide according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/adobestock_blasius_mrowiec_10366341.jpeg?itok=RuZMd7Kq)
More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in 2018...
![The JRC’s new DOPE device has been decades in the making](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2018-03/adobestock_38374141_andreyburmakin.jpeg?itok=JOi2LViz)
Scientists at the JRC's advanced wind-up technologies centre in Scherzburg have finally completed work on a potentially ground breaking new green...
![Charlina Vitcheva from the JRC and Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia, signing a memorandum of understanding on behalf of the JRC and the municipality of Sofia.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-03/signing_ceremony2.jpg?itok=5x015TwQ)
On 29 March 2019 Charlina Vitcheva, Deputy Director General of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of...
![The study calls for fisheries control and enforcement agencies to be encouraged to use DNA analysis techniques more routinely.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-03/richard_carey_adobestock_209819526.jpeg?itok=fACgEpia)
Authorities can reap the benefits of investing in fish DNA analysis techniques to enforce EU laws and protect sustainable fishing activities.
![Picture: Corncob - Crop losses will first hit minor producers, located mostly in the tropical regions of developing countries.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-03/maize-losses-climate-extremes_marima_adobestock_25924532.jpeg?itok=pjFC7ifb)
Even with an increase in global temperatures of just 1.5 °C production losses become increasingly frequent.
![The Commission adopted CC BY 4.0 as a new standard licence](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-04/adobestock_sergey_peterman_30899122.jpeg?itok=k-0QCJnw)
The Commission has adopted a new standard licence which will make it even easier for citizens and businesses to access and reuse the information the...
![The report is part of JRC efforts dedicated to investigating the implications of antibiotics in water.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2019-03/adobestock_236145085_copyright_bluedesign.jpeg?itok=yBJEMNtd)
A JRC report shows that small concentrations of antibiotics have found their way into a range of Europe's waterbodies.