Climate change entails risks to the global economy and impacts financial stability. Beyond managing related risks, the financial sector can also contribute to the transition toward a net-zero economy. Guided by the ECB’s climate and nature plan1 , this paper discusses the methodology and key fin...

This report has been prepared at the request of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), Innovation Policies and Economic Impact Unit, in collaboration with DG CLIMA. The aim of this report is to investigate the potential for harnessing key features of Transformative Innovation to ...

This study assesses the extent to which policy frameworks at EU and national level are equipped to tackle the socioeconomic impacts associated with climate action policies, identifies gaps and outlines recommendations for action that could be taken up by the European Parliament in future policy ...

This report looks at the key features of territorial Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies, as they are developing throughout the EU, and examines whether and how the adoption of a Transformative Innovation (TI) approach could add value to these strategies and their implementation. The anal...

The Use Case Observatory, initiated and conducted by data.europa.eu, the official portal for European data managed by the Publications Office of the European Union, serves as a comprehensive research project to assess the economic, governmental, social and environmental impact of open data acros...

Exceptionally warm spring temperatures, combined with adequate water supply in most parts of Europe benefitted winter crops and created favourable conditions for the sowing and emergence of spring cereals and summer crops. Weather conditions have been particularly favourable in the Iberian Penin...

European Parliament has been an active agenda-setter and initiator of several calls to regulate corporate social responsibility (CSR). On 10 March 2021, Parliament called the Commission to prescribe sustainability duties for companies established in the European Union or governed by EU law. Buil...

The launch and the first steps of the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network took place at a time of unprecedented international challenges, with natural disasters and conflict leading to a historically large number of activations of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM). In this difficult ...

From grassroot initiatives to comprehensive approaches, structured collaboration helps unlock the potential of apprenticeships for the green transition. Apprenticeships are particularly well placed to develop the skills for the green transition, as they are at the intersection of the education s...