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.

Enhancing flood impact assessment accuracy: A comparison of IRIO-Flood predictions using HAZUS- and insurance claims-based business interruption estimates

Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy to Estimate Ratios of Soil Organic Carbon to Clay

GSOCS-LULCC: A Global dataset of Soil Organic Carbon Stock dynamics following Land Use and Land Cover Change

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.

The conference will take place from the 21st to the 23rd of June 2027 in Ireland. The symposium will cover four main topics: sustainable foundations and climate action, environment and resource management, climate risks and digital innovation, and future modelling, policy and bioeconomy.

GSS6 will showcase the latest advances in soil measurement, monitoring and management, alongside emerging approaches in education, governance and policy. Through keynote presentations, research talks, posters and field demonstrations, participants will explore innovative solutions that strengthen soil security and soil health for future generations.

Researchers, students, and professionals are invited to join the 3rd Workshop on Soil Degradation Control, Remediation and Reclamation, which will take place in person on the 9–11th of June 2027 in Potsdam, Germany.

At ICBR 2026, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) bridged the gap between science and EU battery policy. The JRC’s batteries circularity team presented the JRC past, present and future perspective recycling efficiency and material recovery rates. The JRC co-organized a key workshop with RECHARGE on EU recycling capacity and strategic autonomy. There, they presented a techno-economic analysis of the battery recycling sector, providing critical data to help scale up industry capacity, optimize regional black mass processing, and secure critical raw materials. Do you want to know more on the analysis and participate to the ongoing study?

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has assessed the recycling efficiency and material recovery targets for waste batteries under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542!