Sustainable development, Energy & Climate change - Slovakia - Main contents

As one of the prime economic centers of Slovakia and member of the Covenant of Mayors, the region of Košice aims to lead the transition towards sustainable and environmentally friendly regions. Leading Slovak scientists will attend the conference which will focus on energy and climate change.

Conference webpage

This directorate-general provides the Commission with scientific advice and technical support in order to help formulate, implement and monitor a wide range of policies of the European Union. If requested it will advise the Council, Parliament and the member-states.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) also conducts scientific research. In several centres throughout Europe a broad range of topics are researched, most of it focused on areas that respond to the major challenges that face the EU policy makers. Its main areas of research are nuclear energy, economics, sustainable development, security issues and crisis-management and developing common reference materials and measurements.