Sustainability science explores the interactions between human activities on the Earth's life support systems. Unless we understand these interactions, we will not be able to design a path towards sustainable development. In this report we focus our attention on water as key resource for human...

EnRoute stands for Enhancing Resilience of urban ecosystems through green infrastructure. EnRoute is a project of the European Commission in the framework of the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the Green Infrastructure Strategy. EnRoute provides scientific knowledge of how urban ecosystems can...

EnRoute stands for Enhancing Resilience of urban ecosystems through green infrastructure. EnRoute is a project of the European Commission in the framework of the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the Green Infrastructure Strategy. EnRoute provides scientific knowledge of how urban ecosystems can...

This work aims at contributing in measuring and evaluating urban green areas in European cities. The main objective of the work was to compare the most common and used dataset on cities available in Europe, Urban Atlas, with the new dataset produced by the JRC, the Green European Settlement Map...

This work aims at contributing in measuring and evaluating urban green areas in European cities. The main objective of the work was to compare the most common and used dataset on cities available in Europe, Urban Atlas, with the new dataset produced by the JRC, the Green European Settlement Map...

This report summarises the proceedings of the JRC-organised conference 'Scientific support for growth, jobs and sustainability: the example of eco-industries' that took place in Brussels on 15th May 2012.

This report summarises the proceedings of the JRC-organised conference 'Scientific support for growth, jobs and sustainability: the example of eco-industries' that took place in Brussels on 15th May 2012.

A crucial point in the discussion on planetary boundaries relates to the difficulties and the uncertainties in their quantification, given the underpinning ecological and environmental complexity inherent to the assessed phenomena, together with the level of normativity which such definition...

Public administrations in Europe need robust Sustainability Indicators to support the conception, development, implementation, and monitoring of policies. Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) is essential to ensure this, taking into consideration the environmental impacts along the whole "life cycle" of a...

This working paper brings together the findings of the first stage of the Resource Efficient Buildings study, which focusses on the identification of 'macro-objectives' for the environmental performance of the EU building stock. This stage is intended to provide an initial 'top down' view of...