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A new setting for the scientific cooperation with Japan
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, and the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial...
Atlas of the Human Planet 2017 – how exposed are we to natural hazards?
One out of three people in the world is exposed to earthquakes, a number which almost doubled in the past 40 years. Around 1 billion in 155 countries...
Disaster Risk Management: science helps save lives
Natural and man-made disasters threaten millions of people every year and cause billions of property damage. How much do we know about them? And how...
Latest figures on ICT sector worldwide and its R&D investment
The latest edition of the JRC Prospective Insights in ICT R&D (PREDICT) report is now available. It provides the most complete and extensive analysis...
Commission's new data sheds light on EU migration dynamics
The European Commission's Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) has expanded the datasets within its Dynamic Data Hub to cover migration...
JRC strengthens scientific links with Finland Aalto University
Aalto University and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
Scientific guidance to help prevent and mitigate chemical accidents
A handbook published by the JRC supports EU Member States and third countries in their decisions to reduce the impacts of major industrial accidents...
Urban Water Atlas for Europe 360 view on water management in cities
On 27 April 2017, the European Commission published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe. The publication – the first of its kind – shows how different...
Mapping food colour regulations in the EU and the US
New study suggests that EU and the US companies and consumers have much to gain from closer cooperation on food colouring.How we perceive what we eat...
Calling for young Maltese scientists
The JRC Malta Young Scientist Award enables young Maltese researchers to showcase their work and achievements in an international context. The JRC is...
Helping EU schools become a springboard for healthy diet and lifestyle habits
As eating habits form early in life, children and adolescents are one of the major focus groups of the JRC's nutrition and health-related work. On...
Saving our heritage, The worrying state of Mediterranean fish stocks
Fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea are deteriorating at an alarming rate. A recent analysis shows that 93% of the assessed fish stocks are...
New global report on food crisis offers benchmark for action needed to avoid future disasters
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016, a dramatic...
JRC Ocean Energy Status Report: 2016 Edition
Tidal stream and wave energy technologies have showed considerable technological progress in 2016, culminated with the creation of the first ocean...
JRC Wind Energy Status Report: 2016 Edition
The JRC Wind Energy Status Report 2016 presents key data on global market developments, technology trends and EU support to wind energy. The EU...
Extreme space weather - protecting our critical infrastructure
Extreme space weather has a global footprint and the potential to damage critical infrastructure on the ground and in space. A new JRC report calls...
JRC’s Work Programme for 2017-2018 adopted
The European Commission has adopted the JRC’s Work Programme for 2017-2018, running under Horizon 2020, the current EU Framework Programme for funding...
why we need to manage the Internet of Toys
Action is needed to monitor and control the emerging Internet of Toys, concludes a new JRC report. Privacy and security are highlighted as main areas...
EU scientists see the forest for the trees
The JRC has recently released a high-resolution tree occurrence dataset for Europe. The EU-Forest dataset is the most comprehensive database ever of...
From entanglement to invasions of alien species: the harm caused by marine litter
Marine litter is a threat to the marine ecosystem, human health and economic activities. A new JRC report sheds light on the many effects of litter in...