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This paper presents a novel approach to measuring sustainable and inclusive wellbeing in cities and rural areas of the European Union (EU). By introducing a measure of social progress in cities, towns...

The 2024 edition of the EU-SPI confirms that social progress varies greatly across EU regions, with Nordic countries consistently performing better than eastern and southern Member States...

Learn more on EU policies relevant to the bioeconomy: key strategies, legislations and financing instruments in one place!

For decades, the EU has supported conservation in Africa, and the JRC has provided data and tools to help prioritise conservation funding and interventions, and to understand their impact. This atlas...

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The Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework, developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, is described here. It is applicable to chemicals and materials, and the European Commission recommends...

This factsheet provides an up-to-date summary of bioeconomy policy developments in 43 countries in the European region, based on data from the Bioeconomy country dashboard developed by the European Commission’s Knowledge...

Safeguarding the remaining Large Scale Grazing Systems (LSGS) in Europe and improving targeted territorial support can have benefits for biodiversity, wildfire prevention, rural economies...

The reduction of the environmental impacts of the building sector, either through a decrease in its operational energy consumption or the promotion of circular practices, is the target of multiple EU policy initiatives...

This document describes the design process, definitions, and algorithmic implementation for an assessment of forest fragmentation across the Amazon. This study follows a request raised by the United Nations Food and Agricultural...