Today, many EU critical infrastructures, such as energy supply networks, transport infrastructures, telecommunications, and financial networks, have a strong reliance on Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS). Since these infrastructures have become primary users of Positioning, Navigation a...

In the frame of the EU coordinated action 15 EU Member States (BE, BG, CZ, DE, DK, EL, ES, FR, HU, IE, IT, LT, PL, RO, SE) plus CH and NO randomly sampled 320 honey consignments originating from 20 exporting countries, which were sent to JRC for analysis to detect the presence of exogenous sugar...

Cities and local authorities are key players in addressing climate change. Since 2008, the European Commission endorses and supports their efforts through the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (CoM) and notably through the provision of capacity building, technical assistance, sharing of ...

In this report, we investigate the role of regulatory experimentation as an innovation tool to enable and facilitate the energy transition. Regulation can help to accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies, solutions and business models, thus reflecting the fast-changing environment that...

This technical report shows our ongoing work aimed at monitoring societal issues and economic activities (e.g., industrial production, unemployment, loneliness, cultural participation) across EU member states by mining unconventional data sources to complement official statistics. While the latt...

Most of southern and western Europe is affected by substantial anomalies of soil moisture and river flow due to an exceptionally dry and warm winter. The snow water equivalent in the Alps is far below the historical average, and is even lower than that for the 2021-2022 winter. This will lead to...

The transition to a climate neutral energy system relies on an increasing share of renewable energy sources in European electricity grids. As the production of renewable energy sources is inherently variable, flexibility requirements to balance supply and demand are expected to grow in the years...

In order for the European Union to achieve the ambitious targets it has set for the energy and digital transitions and its defence and space agenda, it needs undisrupted access to critical raw materials and to many products which contain them. This foresight study presents a systematic and detai...

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...