Airborne transmission is considered one of the most common ways of transmitting respiratory viruses. The reach of airborne pathogens and persistence of aerosolized particles suspended in the air are a significant concern for the spread of pandemic and seasonal respiratory diseases. This is...

Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 requires the type-approval authorities to verify the CO2 emission and fuel consumption values of light-duty vehicles in-service. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2867 sets out the guiding principles and criteria for defining the procedures for that...

This study focuses on the separation, collection and subsequent management of the dry recyclable fractions (i.e. beverage cartons, glass, metal, paper and cardboard, and plastic) of municipal waste in the EU-27. The goal of the study is to recommend compliant/noncompliant and, in general, best...

This edition of the Global Energy and Climate Outlook (GECO 2023) presents an updated view on the implications of energy and climate policies worldwide to reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement, and contributes to JRC's work in the UNFCCC policy process. This report provides insight into the...

The report presents the findings of a participatory technology foresight exercise that listed 46 emerging and disruptive technologies relevant for space, defence, and related civil industries, which are of strategic importance for the European Union (EU). Throughout the process, participants...

Tropical forests are fundamental for the mitigation of global warming and for containing immense biodiversity, thus the knowledge about where, how, and why they change is of crucial importance in order to find countermeasures that can protect the remaining forests for all countries of the Amazon...

In the context of the EU's Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), the Joint Research Centre is investigating the rationale for harmonising separate collection systems for municipal waste. The present report reviews and identifies the key parameters and elements making up a waste collection system,...

The EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles envisages "a circular textiles ecosystem that has sufficient capacities for innovative fibre-to-fibre recycling, while the incineration and landfilling of textiles is reduced to the minimum". The general objective of this study is to...