The Joint Research Centre (JRC) organised a workshop in Tenerife Island in 2017 called 'Resilient Tenerife', intended to explore participatory strategies to enhance climate resilience. An environmental expert from the Island Council of Gran Canaria was a member of one of the round tables and...

The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, which houses about 10% of the Earth's biodiversity and 16% of the world's total river discharge into the oceans. However, the Amazon forest has already lost up to 20% of its original area since the 1970s and is under constant...

In 2023 the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) turned 15 years since its launch. Initially started to support EU local authorities in reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is today the world's largest urban climate change and sustainable energy initiative. Its growth in geographical coverage...

The Joint Research Center organised the "Summer school on the evaluation of air, soil and water pollution in support to the European Green Deal: a holistic approach" from 4-8 September 2023, in Novi Sad, Serbia. This event was organized in partnership with the University of Novi Sad (UNS) and...

The Joint Research Center organised the "Summer school on the evaluation of air, soil and water pollution in support to the European Green Deal: a holistic approach" from 4-8 September 2023, in Novi Sad, Serbia. This event was organized in partnership with the University of Novi Sad (UNS) and...

Accurate and complete environmental information is at the basis of any effective sustainable development policy. This report summarises for the first time the status of air, climate, water and soil in the Western Balkans (WB), describing current knowledge as of 2021 and gaps with respect to the...

Accurate and complete environmental information is at the basis of any effective sustainable development policy. This report summarises for the first time the status of air, climate, water and soil in the Western Balkans (WB), describing current knowledge as of 2021 and gaps with respect to the...

Severe droughts are currently affecting most of the Amazon and the La Plata basins and other regions in South America with extremely dry and warm conditions. - Heatwaves and warm spells are exacerbating the impacts of the lack of precipitation. The average temperature is abnormally higher than...

This report looks at the innovative output of world's top Research and Development (R&D) investors using patents and trademarks as proxy indicators. Essentially descriptive in nature, the study presents statistics about the patent portfolio of companies, and their trademark strategies to launch...