The paper studies Europe's preparedness and readiness in the context of evolving multi-dimensional security challenges. Leveraging the newly augmented strategic readiness framework, we examine three selected strategic readiness dimensions – mobilisation, force structure and resilience – in Europ...
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is aimed at boosting intra-African trade and promoting regional development. However, the distribution of its benefits and costs across member states and household groups is uneven, and it presents opportunities and threats to different sectors of...
Demographers use microsimulation for studying individual life courses and their attributes; events are specified to be the result of stochastic processes based on predetermined probabilistic rules. In this study, we developed and validated a microsimulation model to reconstruct individual’s life...
The JRC, through its Ecosystem Station, monitors the exchanges between the biosphere and the atmosphere of greenhouse gases, water and energy of the San Rossore Mediterranean Forest. Three collaboration agreements with different institutions foster the access and use of the research infrastructu...
The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, aligned with the European Green Deal, emphasizes five pillars: climate action, circular economy, biodiversity, pollution control, and sustainable food systems. Soil condition is crucial for achieving these targets, highlighting the policy relevance of ma...
In accordance with the provisions of Article 7(1)(f) of the EU Ecolabel Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, the aim of this report is to present and justify the selection of certain EU Ecolabel criteria that are considered to be the most relevant and appropriate for use by public authorities as Green Pu...
Soil contamination in the Western Balkans is a significant challenge, hampered by inadequate legal frameworks, lack of comprehensive field data, and insufficient site investigations. This report aims to support the JRC’s efforts to fill information gaps on soil pollution across the Western Balka...
From the perspective of the Western Balkan agricultural sector, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) represents the benchmark for setting their future agricultural policy. The necessary CAP administrative structures include administrative, financial, control, and information structures, such as ...
This study is the result of a response to a policy request submitted by the European Union Delegation to Cameroon to the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD) through the KCBD ticketing system. We summarised changes in human population density (2010 – 2020), irrecoverable carbon stocks (2010 ...
This report offers a comprehensive analysis of the persistence of energy poverty in the European Union (EU). The primary objective is to analyse the duration and magnitude of energy poverty over time and to identify the socioeconomic and demographic factors contributing to this persistence. Empl...
