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View article: All You Need to Know About the Next Energy Revolution
All You Need to Know About the Next Energy Revolution Open
This book proposes a return to the fundamentals that we should all know before we can choose the type of development we want
View article: Solutions to the Climate Crisis
Solutions to the Climate Crisis Open
Solutions to decarbonize our energy supply and economy at large are numerous. They include phasing out the use of fossil fuels, capturing and storing CO2 before it reaches the atmosphere, capturing, and storing CO2 already in the atmospher…
View article: Toxicity impacts in the environmental footprint method: calculation principles
Toxicity impacts in the environmental footprint method: calculation principles Open
Purpose The EU environmental footprint (EF) is a life cycle assessment (LCA)-based method which aims at assessing the environmental impacts of products and organisations through 16 midpoint impact categories, among which three address toxi…
View article: EFSA’s OpenFoodTox: An open source toxicological database on chemicals in food and feed and its future developments
EFSA’s OpenFoodTox: An open source toxicological database on chemicals in food and feed and its future developments Open
Since its creation in 2002, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has produced risk assessments for over 5000 substances in >2000 Scientific Opinions, Statements and Conclusions through the work of its Scientific Panels, Units and Scie…
View article: Comparing Options for Deriving Chemical Ecotoxicity Hazard Values for the European Union Environmental Footprint, Part II
Comparing Options for Deriving Chemical Ecotoxicity Hazard Values for the European Union Environmental Footprint, Part II Open
Using the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) ecotoxicity data, this paper compares 3 different approaches to calculate final substance toxicity hazard values using the USEtox appro…
View article: Using REACH for the EU Environmental Footprint: Building a Usable Ecotoxicity Database, Part I
Using REACH for the EU Environmental Footprint: Building a Usable Ecotoxicity Database, Part I Open
The European Union Environmental Footprint (EU-EF) is a harmonized method to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organizations. Among 16 different impact categories included in the EU-EF, 1 focu…
View article: Toward harmonizing ecotoxicity characterization in life cycle impact assessment
Toward harmonizing ecotoxicity characterization in life cycle impact assessment Open
Ecosystem quality is an important area of protection in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). Chemical pollution has adverse impacts on ecosystems on a global scale. To improve methods for assessing ecosystem impacts, the Life Cycle Initiat…
View article: Improving substance information in USEtox®, part 2: Data for estimating fate and ecosystem exposure factors
Improving substance information in USEtox®, part 2: Data for estimating fate and ecosystem exposure factors Open
The scientific consensus model USEtox® has been developed since 2003 under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme–Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Life Cycle Initiative as a harmonized approach for charac…
View article: Improving substance information in USEtox®, part 1: Discussion on data and approaches for estimating freshwater ecotoxicity effect factors
Improving substance information in USEtox®, part 1: Discussion on data and approaches for estimating freshwater ecotoxicity effect factors Open
The scientific consensus model USEtox® is recommended by the European Commission as the reference model to characterize life cycle chemical emissions in terms of their potential human toxicity and freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity impacts in …
View article: In quest of reducing the environmental impacts of food production and consumption
In quest of reducing the environmental impacts of food production and consumption Open
Food supply chains are increasingly associated with environmental and socio-economic impacts. An increasing global population, an evolution in consumers’ needs, and changes in consumption models pose serious challenges to the overall susta…
View article: The role of life cycle assessment in supporting sustainable agri-food systems: A review of the challenges
The role of life cycle assessment in supporting sustainable agri-food systems: A review of the challenges Open
Life cycle thinking is increasingly seen as a key concept for ensuring a transition towards more sustainable
\nproduction and consumption patterns. As food production systems and consumption patterns
\nare among the leading drivers of impa…
View article: Modelling of food loss within life cycle assessment: From current practice towards a systematisation
Modelling of food loss within life cycle assessment: From current practice towards a systematisation Open
Food loss is a major concern from both environmental and social point of view. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been largely applied to quantify the environmental impact of food and to identify pros and cons of different options for optimis…
View article: Making Sense of the Minefield of Footprint Indicators
Making Sense of the Minefield of Footprint Indicators Open
In recent years, footprint indicators have emerged as a popular mode of reporting environmental performance. The prospect is that these simplified metrics will guide investors, businesses, public sector policymakers and even consumers of e…