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28 July 2026

New citizen science campaign on mowing events launching in 2026

Starting this Friday, 31st of July, the Mowing Quest citizen science campaign invites people across Europe to help improve grassland monitoring. By using the free Geo-Quest app, participants can report mowing events directly from the field and support scientific research with their own observations. The campaign will be open during August and September to test the system capabilities in preparation for a larger 2027 campaign.

Focus

PB41

Feasible futures

Policy Brief #41, October 2023. Embracing the notion of feasibility, this research shows that the world will probably overshoot 1.5°C, largely owing to low institutional capacity. Energy demand reduction and electrification are two options to turn down the heat, and addressing weak institutions is crucial.
Regional impacts

Standardizing migration data in Europe

Options Magazine, Winter 2022: Researchers illustrated the discrepancies in migration flow statistics across Europe to help standardize data and better understand migration patterns.

Projects

city on the Danube river

Transformative Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation in the Danube Region (TiCCA4Danu)

Aerial summer landscape above the Danube Gorge, at Dubova, Romania, at the border between Romania and Serbia

Development of a Harmonized Water Balance Modelling System for the Danube River Basin (Danube Water Balance)

handshaking in modern open green work space

Sustainability Performances, Evidence and Scenarios (SPES)

grandparents using tablet

Cognitive health in aging society – The role of context for cognitive functioning and related policy implications in Europe (CHIAS)