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Boosting the twin transition through innovation: inspiring practices and tools from across Europe
A new report aims to help cities, regions and EU countries advance in placed-based transformation towards fair green and digital transitions.
Less than one-fifth of EU plastic was recycled in 2019, but 2025 targets can be still reached
Combined actions such as reduced waste export and increased separate waste collection could more than double the amount of recycled plastic in the EU.
A recipe for sustainable bioeconomy: collaborate, engage locally, involve consumers
Policy makers, primary producers, consumers and businesses got together to imagine the bioeconomy of the future. The policy recommendations are now out.
Accelerated investment in renewables and energy efficiency key to 1.5°C target
The current decade is critical to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C: investment in low- and zero-emissions technologies is instrumental to achieving the Paris Agreement target.
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When policymakers create laws that affect millions of Europeans, how can they be confident that these laws will help people live better and safely? What source of information can they rely on? Who can they trust?
Scientists of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) carry out research in various fields to provide independent advice to EU policymakers and put science at the heart of European policies.
We are working every day to make European policies grounded in science.
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