All Publications

An Implementing Decision on the calculation, verification and reporting of data on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles.

Removing pharmaceutical contaminants from wastewater is a challenge that requires new methods. This study found that recycled ultrafiltration membranes, modified with titanium oxide and graphene oxide, are an effective way to treat these contaminated effluents.

Estuaries are suffering from the effects of ocean acidification more severely than the open ocean. They are also suffering from hypoxia – a lack of dissolved oxygen. This paper investigates how acidification and hypoxia increase methane release by estuaries.

Dams for hydropower impact river ecosystems by altering water and sediment flows. This study of the North American Columbia river basin investigated the impacts of river restoration on salmon populations, identifying tools that could inform restoration interventions and practices.

Increasing the amount of urban green spaces benefits bats and the ecosystem services they provide, such as suppressing the insect population. This study of Madrid found that more green space increased both bat species richness and bat activity.

A handful of powerful actors benefit from ocean resources, while the harms to the ocean are felt by those with less economic power. To address this inequity, policies are needed that measure ocean equity and track its progress. This paper introduces the Ocean Equity Index as a tool to support this.

Soils polluted by heavy metals can be cleaned by living plants (a process known as phytoremediation). This study reviews the evidence around the practice of intercropping – cultivating two or more crops in one area – and its impacts on phytoremediation.

Recent data from a few high-income countries suggests that the rate of pregnancies not requiring medical assistance is steadily declining, a trend that may be repeated globally. This study suggests a holistic approach to improve reproductive wellbeing that considers social and environmental factors.

This study used Eurostat data for 27 EU Member States (2015–2023) to investigate how sustainability performance and policies influence environmental and economic outcomes. In less technologically developed economies, it found more short-term trade-offs between competitiveness and sustainability.