This report synthesises the findings from the workshop on "Sustainability and Production Costs in the Global Farming Sector: Comparative Analysis and Methodologies" organised jointly by the IPTS-JRC and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development in Brussels on 21-22 June 2011....

This report synthesises the findings from the workshop on "Sustainability and Production Costs in the Global Farming Sector: Comparative Analysis and Methodologies" organised jointly by the IPTS-JRC and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development in Brussels on 21-22 June 2011....

The interest related to agricultural sustainability in general, and farming systems in particular, gained recently in importance on the research agenda of the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies of the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Within the...

The Covenant of Mayors (CoM) Community offers countless possibilities for peer learning and exchange on key opportunities and challenges in local energy and climate action planning. Since the start of the CoM initiative, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) has not...

The Covenant of Mayors (CoM) Community offers countless possibilities for peer learning and exchange on key opportunities and challenges in local energy and climate action planning. Since the start of the CoM initiative, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) has not...

The research project EFIResources: Resource Efficient Construction towards Sustainable Design, supports European policies related to the efficient use of resources in construction and its major goal is the development of a performance based approach for sustainable design, enabling to assess...

The Development of the Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for Paints, Varnishes and Road Markings is aimed at helping public authorities to ensure that paints, varnishes and road markings are procured in such a way that it delivers environmental improvements that contribute to European...

Several countries in the world are currently engaged in an energy transition entailing a massive shift to renewable energies and a progressive increase in the efficiency of processes whereby energy inputs are used by economies. Researchers and policy makers working in this area rightly describe...

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...