Research Actions

The activities of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability are outlined in the Multiannual Framework Programme of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) which is funded through the specific programme of the JRC within the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Union. The research activities of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability are presently divided into 26 Research Actions distributed amongst the Scientific Units as follows:

 

Climate Change Unit

• Action 24001 - Global Air Pollution and Climate Change

• Action 24002 - Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Uses

• Action 24003 - Integrated Climate Policy Assessment: Emissions and Environmental Impacts

 

Global Environment Monitoring Unit

• Action 21203 - Protection and Conservation of European Seas

• Action 24004 - Systematic Observations of Land and Oceans

• Action 42001 - Monitoring Natural Resources for Development Co-operation

• Action 42003 - Global Forest Resource Monitoring

 

Transport and Air Quality Unit

• Action 13201 - Sustainable Transport

• Action 13202 - Transport Technologies and Emissions

• Action 13203 - Air Pollution and Effects

• Action 13206 - Air Quality and Transport Modelling

• Action 51601 - Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring

 

Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit

• Action 11603 - Integrated Water Quality Information System

• Action 21107 - Integration of Environment Concerns into Agriculture

• Action 22001 - Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems Assessment and Monitoring

• Action 22002 - European Ecological Water Quality and Intercalibration

• Action 22005 - Environmental Assessment of European Wastes and the Sustainable Management of Resources

 

Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit

• Action 11601 - Community Spatial Information Infrastructure

• Action 11602 - Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe

 

Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit

• Action 22003 - Forest Data and Information Systems

• Action 22004 - Soil Data and Information Systems

• Action 32001 - Natural Hazards

 

Renewable Energies Unit

• Action 13105 - Quality and Performance of Biofuels

• Action 13106 - Photovoltaic Solar Electricity

• Action 13107 - Scientific Technical Reference System for Renewable Energy and End-Use Efficiency

 

Task Force Environment and Health

• Action 23001 - Health Impact Assessment of Environmental Risk Factors