The objective of providing European Climate Law-aligned pathways and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) underpinning them is to offer a reference that companies can draw on to prepare their transition plans. By addressing an intermediate level between companies and the EU's economy-wide...

This paper investigates the persistence of CO₂ emissions in the largest European economies (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands) from 1970 to 2023 by using a fractional integration framework. With this purpose, we contribute to the existing literature by investigating two...

The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that Good Environmental Status (GES) be achieved for the European marine environment, including in respect of marine litter, as per MSFD Descriptor 10. Based on a commonly agreed methodology, through Guidance on the Monitoring of Marine...

The European Commission Inequality Marker - commonly referred to as the I-Marker - is to be applied to all new European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) operations, starting with blending operations and to be extended to guarantees for the next call for proposals. The I-Marker is a...

At the end of 2022, the European Commission introduced the first Inequality Marker (I-Marker) as an internal tool to support the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in better understanding, tracking and benchmarking the impact of its work on inequalities across all...

To provide the tools, resources, research and methodologies to build capacity and good practice in participatory and deliberative democracy in the European Commission and other EU institutions, and across different levels of governance in the EU Member States. Mainstreaming participatory and...

We use nearly a decade's worth of panel data from European Union Chamber of Commerce in China business confidence surveys to analyse the deteriorating outlooks of EU firms in China from 2017 to 2025. All firms in China currently face challenges including slow profit growth and deflation. These...

We use nearly a decade's worth of panel data from European Union Chamber of Commerce in China business confidence surveys to analyse the deteriorating outlooks of EU firms in China from 2017 to 2025. All firms in China currently face challenges including slow profit growth and deflation. These...

The European Union (EU) is strongly committed to ensuring equal opportunities and removing economic and social barriers for people with disabilities, as demonstrated by, among other measures, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD)...

The European Union (EU) is strongly committed to ensuring equal opportunities and removing economic and social barriers for people with disabilities, as demonstrated by, among other measures, the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD)...