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El Niño and high input pricesThe May edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available.3 min readGeneral publications1 June 2026Innovative techniques: what works best for making energy-intensive industries more sustainable? JRC scientists publish a compendium of a series of innovative techniques, alongside the technical information required to assess maturity, environmental performance, circularity potential and deployment feasibility.3 min readGeneral publications28 May 2026Bioinformatics: rigorous quality controls, a key to effective public health decision-makingJRC research can help improve handling, benchmarking and workflow for vast amounts of genomic data, generated to grasp and help address public health threats. The research outcome could become a valuable standard practice in genomic surveillance.5 min readGeneral publications21 May 2026Climate neutrality in cities: how to make best use of negative emissions?New guidance sets out how cities should define, account for, and manage residual emissions and carbon removals on the path to net-zero.3 min readGeneral publications20 May 2026East Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia hit by repeated droughts since 2021Five years of short rain seasons and recurrent drought lead to water shortages and food insecurity.4 min readGeneral publications18 May 2026Fair outlook despite water stress Crop conditions across Europe remain generally favourable, with winter crops developing well overall. Spring sowing campaigns are nearing completion in many regions, but cool and wet conditions have delayed field operations and early crop development in south-eastern Europe and Türkiye.4 min readGeneral publications12 May 2026Leptospirosis in Europe: climate change will raise the riskWarming temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are projected to increase incidence, expand spatial distribution and extend the transmission season.4 min readGeneral publications6 May 2026Widespread ASAP forecast warnings on crops for second half of the year due to upcoming El Niño conditionsThe April edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available.3 min read 1Page 123...33Next
General publications17 June 2026Local climate action delivers, but more efforts are needed to meet 2030 goalsNew analyses show municipalities which step up efforts in climate action, clean energy and access to affordable energy are forecasted to nearly halve emissions by 2030.4 min read
General publications15 June 2026Favourable conditions for winter cropsThe start of the 2025-2026 season generally provided favourable conditions for winter crops establishment and overwintering across Ukraine.3 min read
General publications8 June 2026Agricultural production threatened by combination of El Niño and high input pricesThe May edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available.3 min read
General publications1 June 2026Innovative techniques: what works best for making energy-intensive industries more sustainable? JRC scientists publish a compendium of a series of innovative techniques, alongside the technical information required to assess maturity, environmental performance, circularity potential and deployment feasibility.3 min read
General publications28 May 2026Bioinformatics: rigorous quality controls, a key to effective public health decision-makingJRC research can help improve handling, benchmarking and workflow for vast amounts of genomic data, generated to grasp and help address public health threats. The research outcome could become a valuable standard practice in genomic surveillance.5 min read
General publications21 May 2026Climate neutrality in cities: how to make best use of negative emissions?New guidance sets out how cities should define, account for, and manage residual emissions and carbon removals on the path to net-zero.3 min read
General publications20 May 2026East Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia hit by repeated droughts since 2021Five years of short rain seasons and recurrent drought lead to water shortages and food insecurity.4 min read
General publications18 May 2026Fair outlook despite water stress Crop conditions across Europe remain generally favourable, with winter crops developing well overall. Spring sowing campaigns are nearing completion in many regions, but cool and wet conditions have delayed field operations and early crop development in south-eastern Europe and Türkiye.4 min read
General publications12 May 2026Leptospirosis in Europe: climate change will raise the riskWarming temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are projected to increase incidence, expand spatial distribution and extend the transmission season.4 min read
General publications6 May 2026Widespread ASAP forecast warnings on crops for second half of the year due to upcoming El Niño conditionsThe April edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available.3 min read
