This study, which for the first time addresses the climate change-energy-defence nexus, provides a set of concrete recommendations for defence decision-makers on climate change mitigation and adaptation. To achieve this, it assesses the impacts of climate change on defence-related critical energ...

This certification report describes the processing and characterisation of ERM® -FA016bq, a batch of Charpy V-notch alloy steel certified reference test pieces certified for the average absorbed energy (KV). Sets of five of these test pieces are used for the indirect verification of pendulum imp...

European legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) requests the monitoring of the presence of GMOs in food or feed by analytical tests. Such monitoring ensures that food and feed products on the market contain only authorised GMOs and that their presence is mentioned on the product la...

This technical report presents a concise assessment of the Moroccan power system, in relation to the country’s pursued clean energy transition. It provides an introduction into the most critical factors affecting this transition, both technical and regulatory, with focus on development of genera...

Multi-annual precipitation deficits combined with above-average temperatures and a sequence of heatwaves are the cause of the long-running and extensive drought in central-southern South America. From August 2022 to March 2023 the drought has diminished in Brazil and moved southwards, now affect...

The tourism industry, a significant contributor to European GDP, may face considerable stress due to climate change. This study examines the potential impact of climate change on tourism demand in European regions in the 2100 time horizon. Using data from 269 European regions over a 20-year mont...

This report presents the 2022 results of the Innovation Output Indicator (IOI), which is a composite indicator published by the European Commission since 2013 to offer an output-oriented measure of innovation performance at the country and EU levels and measure countries’ capacity to derive econ...

This report presents the results of the sixth inter-laboratory comparison for BTEX automatic analysers performed at the JRC Ispra from the 26th to the 29th of September 2022. Twelve national reference laboratories and fifteen instruments participated in this exercise. Six concentration levels we...

This report provides an analysis of the standardisation roadmap in support of the AI Act (AIA). The analysis covers standards considered by CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee (JTC) 21 on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in January 2023, evaluating their coverage of the requirements laid out in th...

ERM-AE200 is a set of three ethanol materials certified for the deuterium (D) distribution (deuterium-tohydrogen (D/H) amount of substance ratios and the relative deuterium-to-hydrogen ratio), produced within the scope of ISO 17034 accreditation [1] and ISO Guide 35:2017 [2]. The certified refer...