There have been four such SCAR foresight reports since 2007 – looking at the challenges facing agriculture overall; resilience and crisis in agriculture and food systems; resource scarcities; and the bioeconomy. Each has led to new EU initiatives to address the issues raised. This fifth report t...
This scientific opinion examines the conditions and criteria under which biodegradable plastic applications can be beneficial for the environment, and provides advice to inform decisions by society, consumers, businesses and policy makers. A growing global use of plastics has led to an increased...
The Opinion on the ‘Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open Environment’ is provided in support of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment. This Opinion intends to contribute to informing the forthcoming Commission’s policy framework related to bio-based, biodegradable and c...
Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics, f...
Forest biomass is a relevant source of energy and material for the European bioeconomy. The JRC Biomass Assessment Study recognized the need for an up-to-date, harmonized and spatially-explicit estimate of the biomass stock in Europe to better understand its current and future contribution to a ...
As the focus on climate change increases, several countries are implementing green strategies and rapidly switching to clean energy technologies. This is leading to an increase in demand for materials used to manufacture key components of such technologies, and the European Commission has alread...
Evaluating the potential impacts of each policy on all sustainability dimensions (economic, social and environmental), as captured in the UN SDGs and their targets, requires system thinking and shifting away from single disciplinary projects towards multi- and inter- disciplinary approaches that...
This analysis on the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of the EU-27 fishing fleet has been prepared based on the outcomes of the 2020 Annual Economic Report (AER) on the EU Fishing Fleet (STECF, 2020). Economic performance in 2020 is significantly driven by the combined effects of decline in...
Agriculture is one of the important sectors in the transformation of the European economy and society towards a long-term sustainable future. European farmers will face several challenges in the future, as they continue to supply food and non-food products and at the same time, contribute to thi...
