Striving to feed a population set to reach almost 10 billion people by 2050 in a sustainable
way is high on the research and policy agendas. Further intensification and expansion of …

Concerns over non-renewable fossil fuel supply and climate change have been driving the
Renaissance of bio-based materials. To substantiate environmental claims, the impacts of …

Purpose This paper addresses the need for a globally regionalized method for life cycle
impact assessment (LCIA), integrating multiple state-of-the-art developments as well as …

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the
ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet's impact on public health and the …

The UNEP-SETAC life cycle initiative recently recommended use of the countryside species–
area relationship (SAR) model to calculate the characterization factors (CFs; potential …

Purpose As a consequence of the multi-functionality of land, the impact assessment of land
use in Life Cycle Impact Assessment requires the modelling of several impact pathways …

Increasing needs for decision support and advances in scientific knowledge within life cycle
assessment (LCA) led to substantial efforts to provide global guidance on environmental life …

Purpose Land use is a main driver of global biodiversity loss and its environmental
relevance is widely recognized in research on life cycle assessment (LCA). The inherent …

It is increasingly recognized that human consumption leads to considerable losses of
biodiversity. This study is the first to systematically quantify these losses in relation to land …

The consumption of materials and products is one of the drivers of biodiversity loss, which in
turn affects ecosystem functioning and has socio-economic consequences worldwide. Life …