Overview

On April 30 2015, IRMM Director, Elke Anklam and Programme Officer, Ivan Celen, paid a visit to M. Paul Rotthier, Mayor of Mol. Several topics were discussed within the limited time of the visit.

The meeting was devoted to the discussion of on-going pilot-studies and key-comparisons. In addition, a number of technical presentations were made on the development of instrumentation and on purity testing for reference standards.

Monitoring and Modelling Soil Respiration in Deciduous and Broadleaf Evergreen Oak-Dominated Ecosystems in Greece

Influences of outliers on performance of geographically weighted random forest for modelling cadmium concentrations in topsoil of the northern part of Ireland

Global estimation of post-fire soil erosion

This technology foresight brief explores the future of cell and gene therapies, drawing on expert insights and highlighting areas such as in vivo gene therapy, microphysiological models and stem cells.

Signals from recent reports on emerging technologies and breakthrough innovations to support European Innovation Council strategic intelligence - Volume 2

The new entry page is structured along a number of research areas, such as Innovation and Technology Development, Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy, Sustainability and Environment. This allows for a more straightforward and meaningful access to the specific project pages therein.

JRC will publish in the next weeks in its Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) country profiles of wildfire regimes for all the countries in the world, in collaboration with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) UN FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) and GEO (Group on Earth Observations). The tool, which will be publicly available in GWIS, will provide information on wildfires regimes and impacts, globally, supporting fire management administrations in the countries and international organizations and providing unique information that has not been ever available until now. Just as additional info, I expect that all the organizations will disseminate the information about GWIS. I send you along a blog that was published by GEO on GWIS. Similarly, they'll publish something on the new tool. http://earthobservations.org/geo_blog_obs.php?id=462

Successful completion of the annual user workshop of the CEMS Mapping component 22-23 September (virtual). Disaster and risk management professionals from across and outside the EU participated and we reached the highest number of participants in the history of the CEMS component (99, out of which 1/3 were users). Feedback from participants was very positive and the event was felt to strengthen the CEMS-Mapping community further. JRC informed about recent improvements brought to the service and how users can better leverage it, the new portfolio elements, future evolution, etc. he sessions were held in format of presentations, interviews, trainings, working groups including quiz to better engage with participants, gather their feedback and test the effectiveness of what was presented and listened from user's voice what else can be improved. Since the first October week-end CEMS Rapid Mapping is supporting IT and FR in managing the situation after the heavy rainfalls over the Alpes-Maritimes, Piedmont and Ligura regions, providing impact assessments on the most affected areas in 24/7 mode.

JRC Technical report (draft) on debris analysis supporting Recovery and Reconstruction in Syria. JRC support to humanitarian actors on the ground in Syria with demographic analysis of the Al-Hol IDP camps. Continued damage assessment on Syrian cultural heritage sites. Forthcoming S4P new functionalities launch on 13/10. The annual Global Conflict Risk Index workshop on 13-15th October will review COVID impact on conflict.

In July 2026, the 1st international Land Degradation and Restoration Conference will be organised in Valencia. Land degradation is a major global challenge that threatens food security, biodiversity, water quality, and human livelihoods. Restoring degraded land is essential not only for environmental sustainability but also for social and economic development. This international event aligns with global initiatives such as the UNCCD, SDG 15.3, the Bonn Challenge, and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and supports the European Research and Innovation Strategy (Horizon Europe).

The World Congress of Soil Science has been convened every four years, serving as a pivotal scientific forum in the realm of soil sciences. WCSS206 will take place in Nanjing, China, and aims to attract diverse participants, including research scientists, soil practitioners, industry representatives, policymakers, and anyone with an interest in the sustainable management of soils globally.

In 2025, 15 more datasets were added to ESDAC reaching a total of 141 datasets. Those datasets include: Gully erosion, Observed/typical SOC, Texture, Soil erodibility point data, Inter and intra-laboratory replicates, Soil function data, Soil Carbon Risk index, Update of C-factor 2023, Risk of heavy metals, Aboveground biomass over Amazon, Projected SOC changes, Optimizing Phosphorus inputs, Dissolved Cadmium content, Global displaced Carbon due to erosion, Fraction of carbon in SOM.

An update of the C-factor dataset took place for the year 2023 and the results have been published in the paper 'A data-driven indicator for assessing the evolving impact of the EU Common Agricultural Policy on soil erosion mitigation'. This update focusses on arable lands and we also made available the dataset for the pre-GAEC period (year: 2000). Therefore the C-factor is available for arable lands in 4 periods: 2000, 2010, 2016 and 2023.