[HTML][HTML] The role of life cycle assessment in supporting sustainable agri-food systems: A review of the challenges

B Notarnicola, S Sala, A Anton, SJ McLaren… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Life cycle thinking is increasingly seen as a key concept for ensuring a transition towards
more sustainable production and consumption patterns. As food production systems and …

Life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment in develo** countries: a review

A Gallego-Schmid, RRZ Tarpani - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Within develo** countries, wastewater treatment (WWT) has improved in recent years but
remains a high priority sustainability challenge. Accordingly, life cycle assessment (LCA) …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of maritime GHG emissions and the potential role of E-fuels

E Lindstad, B Lagemann, A Rialland… - … Research Part D …, 2021 - Elsevier
Maritime transport accounts for around 3% of global anthropogenic Greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions (Well-to-Wake) and these emissions must be reduced with at least 50% in …

Understanding environmental trade-offs and resource demand of direct air capture technologies through comparative life-cycle assessment

K Madhu, S Pauliuk, S Dhathri, F Creutzig - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Direct air capture (DAC) technologies remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from ambient air
through chemical sorbents. Their scale-up is a backstop in many climate policy scenarios …

Metrics of green chemistry and sustainability: past, present, and future

RA Sheldon - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018 - ACS Publications
The first green chemistry metrics the E factor (kgs waste/kg product) and atom economy
(mol wt of product/sum of mol wts of starting materials) were introduced in the early 1990s …

IMPACT World+: a globally regionalized life cycle impact assessment method

C Bulle, M Margni, L Patouillard, AM Boulay… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level

MAJ Huijbregts, ZJN Steinmann, PMF Elshout… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) translates emissions and resource extractions
into a limited number of environmental impact scores by means of so-called characterisation …

Assessing health and environmental impacts of solvents for producing perovskite solar cells

R Vidal, JA Alberola-Borràs, SN Habisreutinger… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Halide perovskites are poised as a game-changing semiconductor system with diverse
applications in optoelectronics. Industrial entities aim to commercialize perovskite …

Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies

G Luderer, M Pehl, A Arvesen, T Gibon… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A rapid and deep decarbonization of power supply worldwide is required to limit global
warming to well below 2° C. Beyond greenhouse gas emissions, the power sector is also …

[HTML][HTML] Costs, carbon footprint, and environmental impacts of lithium-ion batteries–From cathode active material synthesis to cell manufacturing and recycling

M Gutsch, J Leker - Applied energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Strong growth in lithium-ion battery (LIB) demand requires a robust understanding of both
costs and environmental impacts across the value-chain. Recent announcements of LIB …