The objective of the JRC PESETA II project is to gain insights into the sectoral and regional patterns of climate change impacts in Europe by the end of this century. The study uses a large set of climate model runs and impact categories (ten impacts: agriculture, energy, river floods, droughts,...

Escalating climate risks to critical infrastructures in Europe Climate hazard damages to critical infrastructures in Europe will escalate as a result of global warming, with an uneven territorial distribution of future impacts and adaptation needs. This calls for (i) an EU commitment to continue...

Escalating climate risks to critical infrastructures in Europe Climate hazard damages to critical infrastructures in Europe will escalate as a result of global warming, with an uneven territorial distribution of future impacts and adaptation needs. This calls for (i) an EU commitment to continue...

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of dedicated energy crops (ENCR) performed with the LUISA (Land Use-based Integrated Sustainability Assessment) modelling platform across Europe between 2020 and 2050. LUISA is configured in compliance with the "EU Energy, Transport and GHG emissions...

Critical infrastructures refer to the array of physical assets, functions and systems that are vital for ensuring the EU's health, wealth, and security. Ensuring climate resilience of critical infrastructures and EU regional investments and measures is an important component of EU policies and...

The Resilient Energy Union with Forward Looking Climate Change Policy is one the ten priorities of the overarching Agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change of the European Commission. The Communication on the Energy Union package and its Annex clearly identify EU-wide targets and...

The Resilient Energy Union with Forward Looking Climate Change Policy is one the ten priorities of the overarching Agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change of the European Commission. The Communication on the Energy Union package and its Annex clearly identify EU-wide targets and...

This issue of the EFFIS annual report on forest fires for the year 2022 is the 23rd in the series. This report is consolidated as highly appreciated documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The section on national reporting gives an overview of...

Many European cities still suffer from poor air quality and exceed the 2021 WHO air quality guidelines as well as the EU air quality standards. This is the case in particular for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which is the air pollutant responsible for most of the well documented premature...