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The Commission’s European Cancer Inequalities Registry is helping policy makers and researchers to address cancer inequalities and disparities.
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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.
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The JRC contributed to the definition, testing and validation of HAS.
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The Commission 2023 Report on the Impact of Demographic Change revisits firmly established long-term trends.
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The method detects all current and most likely all the future variants.
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Mass extinction: a new study models how climate and land use change will drive global diversity loss.
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Public spaces are vulnerable because they are open. Scientists and security experts compile a handbook with guidance on securely designing and renovating public spaces.
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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.
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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.
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The JRC provides the scientific basis for the new Commission's recommendation on design of safer and more sustainable chemicals.
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A JRC study measures the effects of high prices on poverty indicators from an innovative angle.
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REGIONS2030 project was launched to engage EU regions in monitoring the Social Development Goals with ten initial participants
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A new website will track the deployment of key internet standards, essential for free, open, accessible and secure global internet
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With current policies, the temperature increase is set to reach 2.8°C. Science helps to cut emissions and adapt to a changing climate.
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The JRC published the latest edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in 2021.
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A new assessment shows the cumulative impact of water, wind, tillage and harvesting on farmland at European scale
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Scientific knowledge can help policymakers understand, identify and assess policy options.
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We asked Vice-President Šuica about why the Commission wants to involve citizens in policymaking and how the Joint Research Centre can help.
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The pandemic-induced remote schooling appears to have had dire consequences for educational achievement and deepened inequalities.
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Regalbuto sets an example by engaging citizens in new and innovative ways to rethink the town’s future together.