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.

Accounting for soil class variability in Mediterranean Europe using legacy soil maps and the topsoil LUCAS survey

Uncertain role of conservation areas to protect soil biodiversity and functioning

Assessing Soil Resources in the Western Balkans: Insights From the LUCAS Soil Survey

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.

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.

More information on the programme, speakers, and registration will be available soon. In the meantime, explore highlights from the 2025 edition, including session recordings and presentation materials.

A 4-day international conference and the final AI4SoilHealth project event with keynotes, discussion forums, oral talks, workshops and demonstrations + fieldwork: science, technology and business intelligence for measuring monitoring and increasing soil health.

Polices on climate, nature, agriculture and soils that support the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (BDS) have indicators (used for the monitoring of their implementation) in common – such as soil organic carbon (SOC) and deadwood indicators. The EU Biodiversity Platform Sub-Group on Monitoring & Assessment (EUBP MA) proposed that a task for 2024, assigned to the European Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD), would be the “harmonisation of monitoring methods across policy areas” related to the implementation of the BDS. The differences in reporting requirements for SOC and deadwood indicators and the potential lack of alignment on methodologies identified in this report could provide a starting point for cross-sectoral technical guidance documents or discussions with experts groups aiming to achieve greater harmonisation, simplification and cost-effectiveness of monitoring methods across these policies.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the European Union’s clean transition as a pathway towards competitiveness. Adopting a systems-thinking perspective, it examines how coordinated action across climate, energy, circular economy, mobility, agri-food systems, biodiversity and ecosystems protection can contribute to a more resilient and resource-secure Europe. The report identifies evidence-informed enablers to strengthen long-term competitiveness while delivering on the EU’s climate and environmental ambitions (including soils).

Healthy soils are not only a question of sustainable farming – they are also a matter of preparedness. That was the central message of a roundtable discussion held on 6 May during Public & Science Sweden’s Folk och Forskning (Science and Society) conference. The discussion on Soil Health from a Preparedness Perspective, was jointly organised by Svensk Kolinlagring and Public & Science Sweden through the EU project LOESS which aims to increase knowledge about soil health in society.