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Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption

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We analyze the environmental impact of household consumption in terms of the material, water, and land-use requirements, as well as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, associated with the production and use of products and services consumed by these households. Using the new EXIOBASE 2.2 multiregional i [...]

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Towards a meaningful assessment of marine ecological impacts in life cycle assessment (LCA)

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Human demands on marine resources and space are currently unprecedented and concerns are rising over observed declines in marine biodiversity. A quantitative understanding of the impact of industrial activities on the marine environment is thus essential. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a widely appl [...]

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Environmental impacts of high penetration renewable energy scenarios for Europe

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The prospect of irreversible environmental alterations and an increasingly volatile climate pressurises societies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thereby mitigating climate change impacts. As global electricity demand continues to grow, particularly if considering a future with increased electri [...]

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Accounting for value added embodied in trade and consumption: an intercomparison of global multiregional input–output databases

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ABSTRACT: Global multiregional input–output (MRIO) tables constitute detailed accounts of the economic activity worldwide. Global trade models based on MRIO tables are being used to calculate important economic and environmental indicators such as value added in trade or the carbon footprint of nati [...]

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Integrating Global Climate Change Mitigation Goals with Other Sustainability Objectives: A Synthesis

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Achieving a truly sustainable energy transition requires progress across multiple dimensions beyond climate change mitigation goals. This article reviews and synthesizes results from disparate strands of literature on the coeffects of mitigation to inform climate policy choices at different governan [...]

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Socioeconomic metabolism as paradigm for studying the biophysical basis of human societies

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A wide spectrum of quantitative systems approaches such as life cycle assessment or integrated assessment models are available to assess sustainable development strategies. These methods describe certain aspects of the biophysical basis of society, which comprises in-use stocks and the processes and [...]

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Global warming footprint of the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate

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Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) is an important technological option for climate change mitigation. Utilization (U) of this captured CO2 as raw material for Electrochemical Reduction (ER) has been suggested as a valorization option to produce organics such as formate-based products. Previou [...]

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A Methodology for Integrated, Multiregional Life Cycle Assessment Scenarios under Large-Scale Technological Change

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Climate change mitigation demands large-scale technological change on a global level and, if successfully implemented, will significantly affect how products and services are produced and consumed. In order to anticipate the life cycle environmental impacts of products under climate mitigation scena [...]

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Integrated life-cycle assessment of electricity-supply scenarios confirms global environmental benefit of low-carbon technologies

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Decarbonization of electricity generation can support climate-change mitigation and presents an opportunity to address pollution resulting from fossil-fuel combustion. Generally, renewable technologies require higher initial investments in infrastructure than fossil-based power systems. To assess th [...]

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Material use for electricity generation with carbon dioxide capture and storage: Extending life cycle analysis indices for material accounting

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Understanding of life cycle material use from novel technologies can assist informed decision making on technology and material selection consistent with natural physical boundaries. Though an intermediate process in conventional life cycle assessment (LCA), the information on material use is only t [...]

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