Global warming has been stated to be unequivocal and human influenced. The emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased to a degree that they are producing disturbances to the world climatic system. Several climate change impacts have occurred, while others will...

In these guidelines, advice and recommendations for compiling a Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI) and successive Monitoring Emission Inventories (MEIs) under the Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (CoM) are provided. The BEI will show where the local authority (LA) was at the beginning (in...

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 Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (CoM) is an ambitious initiative for local climate and energy actions. This document provides signatories with a set of methodological principle, procedures and best practices to develop their SECAP. The Part 1 of this document relates to the SECAP...

The V GAS project tries to respond to new requirements for interfaces to the new styles of governance. It has been developed at the Joint Research Centre - Institute for the Protection and Security of the citizen in partnership with Y-Dreams Portugal. It deploys quality assurance techniques. V...

Future costs of low carbon energy technologies differ widely depending on assumptions and methods used. This report addresses this gap by presenting internally consistent trajectories of capital investment costs to 2050 for selected low carbon energy technologies. In order to do so, it combines...

Future costs of low carbon energy technologies differ widely depending on assumptions and methods used. This report addresses this gap by presenting internally consistent trajectories of capital investment costs to 2050 for selected low carbon energy technologies. In order to do so, it combines...