How can cancer screening programmes be improved throughout the EU?

There are many possible pathways towards a carbon-neutral future. Achieving it by 2050 is possible, but this requires urgent action.

Each year, more and more plastic ends up in the natural environment, raising concerns of risk to the environment, animal and human health.

How can we ensure future food security without treating people unfairly or leaving them behind?

Now more than ever, policymakers need good quality science advice to inform their decisions.

Europe must tackle the challenges presented by ageing in every generation.

Microplastics — tiny particles under 5mm in length — are already present across air, soil and sediment, freshwaters, seas and oceans, plants and animals, and in several components of the human diet.

Existing European authorisation processes for plant protection products might be improved from a scientific perspective.

Key technological challenges must be tackled in collecting and purifying CO2 from different sources, in synthesising green-hydrogen, and in converting CO2 to fuels and chemicals.