The 2022 EURL ECVAM Status Report describes research, dissemination and promotion activities undertaken recently by the Joint Research Centre’s EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) to further the uptake and use of non-animal methods and approaches in science an...
This pre-normative document is published as a part of the JRC Report Series “Support to the implementation, harmonization and further development of the Eurocodes” with the aim to provide basis for debate on a harmonized European approach to the structural design of tensile membrane structures. ...
The SELFIEforTEACHERS toolkit is a guide for the SELFIEforTEACHERS self-reflection tool. It aims at providing guidance to teachers, teacher educators and trainers, as well as education authorities and other interested parties, who want to use the SELFIEforTEACHERS self-reflection tool in profess...
Small urban areas (SUAs) form the backbone of the polycentric urban structure of the EU. As such, their role in ensuring a balanced territorial development has been widely recognised at EU level. The diversity of SUAs – in terms of their settlement structures, functional roles and development tr...
This report analyses the impact of the Russian invasion of 24 February 2022 on the longer-term future of Ukraine’s population size and structure. It focuses on the role of migration as a component of demographic change. Based on a review of past demographic trends and an assessment of the size a...
The Consumption Footprint is a life cycle assessment (LCA)-based set of indicators to assess the environmental impacts of EU production and consumption. LCA allows assessing supply chains and modelling drivers of pressures on the environment and the associated environmental impacts. This report ...
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has developed a tool to allow Member States to customize the calculation of the Consumption Footprint indicators: the “Member States – Consumption footprint Tool”. The Consumption Footprint tool allows stakeholders to calculate the Consumption...
This report presents the results of the analysis of Cadmium (Cd) levels is soils of the EU as observed from samples collected during the 2009/2012 LUCAS surveys from ca.22000 measurement sites. With over 9000 samples from agricultural soils and a further 4700 samples from grassland soils, the LU...
The Gateway to the Future of the Mediterranean explains the interplay between water, energy, food and the ecosystems in the region. Compelling illustrations and graphics employing a companion app give access to new audiovisual content, paintings and augmented reality features which create a uniq...
This report illustrates the activities and outcomes of the Exploratory Research Activity (ERA) ‘Space matters: How to develop a common methodology for CityLabs’, developed by the Territorial Development Unit of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) between October 2021 and September 2022. The main aim...