Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Verones, Francesca"
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Environmental assessment of diets: overview and guidance on indicator choice
Ran, Ylva; Cederberg, Christel; Jonell, Malin; Bergmann, Kristina; De Boer, Imke; Einarsson, Rasmus; Karlsson, Johan; Karlsson Potter, Hanna; Martin, Michael; Metson, Geneviève; Nemecek, Thomas; Nicholas, Kimberley; Strand, Åsa; Tidåker, Pernilla; van der Werf, Hayo; Vanham, Davy; van Zanten, Hannah H. E.; Verones, Francesca; Röös, Elin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Comprehensive but interpretable assessment of the environmental performance of diets involves choosing a set of appropriate indicators. Current knowledge and data gaps on the origin of dietary foodstuffs restrict use of ... -
Establishing a Connection Between Macroplastic Debris Quantities and Ingestion Rates Within the context of Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Rosvoll, Oda Emilie Solbakken (Master thesis, 2023)Den forlengede levetiden til plastmaterialer fremstiller en merkbar miljøbekymring ved deres utslipp i naturlige omgivelser, spesielt i marine økosystemer. Den skadelige effekten av plastavfall på marine liv og økosystemer ... -
A First Integration of Anthropogenic Underwater Noise Pollution Impacts on Marine Ecosystems in an LCA Framework - The case of cetaceans in the North Sea
Middel, Heleen (Master thesis, 2016)The world s oceans provide many ecosystem services that are of high importance to human well-being. A variety of human activities, however, poses threats on the quality of the marine ecosystems. Due to the dependence of ... -
A framework for the assessment of marine litter impacts in life cycle impact assessment
Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca; Jolliet, Olivier; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Boulay, Anne-Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose Marine litter, mostly plastics, is a growing environmental problem. Environmental decision makers are beginning to take actions and implement regulations that aim to reduce plastic use and waste mismanagement. ... -
Furthering the representation of causal chains between water and land use in Life Cycle Assessment
Moxnes, Martin Flaktveit (Master thesis, 2015)In this thesis the causal chains between deforestation and increased flood impacts are assessed for expanding the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methodology. Until recently the impact categories water use and land use ... -
Generating environmental sampling and testing data for micro- and nanoplastics for use in life cycle impact assessment
Askham, Cecilia; Pauna, Valentina H.; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Fantke, Peter; Jolliet, Olivier; Lavoie, Jerome; Booth, Andy; Coutris, Claire; Verones, Francesca; Weber, Miriam; Vijver, Martina G.; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Hajjar, Carla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Ongoing efforts focus on quantifying plastic pollution and describing and estimating the related magnitude of exposure and impacts on human and environmental health. Data gathered during such work usually follows a receptor ... -
Global characterization factors for quantifying the impacts of increasing water temperature on freshwater fish
Li, Dan; Dorber, Martin; Barbarossa, Valerio; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Water temperature is an abiotic master variable for the survival of aquatic organisms. Global warming alters the thermal regimes of rivers and, thus, poses a threat to freshwater biodiversity. To address the impacts of ... -
Global distribution of potential impact hotspots for marine plastic debris entanglement
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Marine animals have been known to interact with and become entangled in plastic debris for decades. Despite increasing annual input volumes of plastic waste to the natural environment and the threat this constitutes to ... -
Global extinction probabilities of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species groups for use in Life Cycle Assessment
Verones, Francesca; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Núñez, Montse; Rosa, Francesca; Scherer, Laura; Marques, Alexandra; Michelsen, Ottar; Barbarossa, Valerio; Jaffe, Benjamin; Pfister, Stephan; Dorber, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Human activities put pressure on the natural environmental and the Life Cycle Assessment methodology (LCA) is becoming a more prevalent tool to assess the relevant environmental impacts from products and processes on ... -
Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: impacts of climate change, fine particulate matter formation, water consumption and land use
Jolliet, Olivier; Antón, Assumpció; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Fantke, Peter; Levasseur, Annie; McKone, Thomas E.; Michelsen, Ottar; Milà i Canals, Llorenç; Motoshita, Masaharu; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca; Vigon, Bruce; Frischknecht, Rolf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose Guidance is needed on best-suited indicators to quantify and monitor the man-made impacts on human health, biodiversity and resources. Therefore, the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative initiated a global consensus ... -
Global life-cycle impacts of onshore wind-power plants on bird richness
May, Roelof Frans; Middel, Heleen; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Jackson, Craig Ryan; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Wind energy development continues to expand rapidly to meet international climate targets. However, these developments impact biodiversity and associated sustainability targets negatively. Environmental impact assessments ... -
Habitat fragmentation amplifies threats from habitat loss to mammal diversity across the world’s terrestrial ecoregions
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Hilbers, Jelle P; Garcia-Ulloa, John Alejandro; Graae, Bente Jessen; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca; Huijbregts, MAJ; Schipper, Aafke M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Global biodiversity is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic environmental change. While there is mounting evidence that habitat loss is a key threat to biodiversity, global assessments typically ignore additional threats ... -
Health benefits, ecological threats of low-carbon electricity
Gibon, Thomas; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Arvesen, Anders; Singh, Bhawna; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Stabilizing global temperature will require a shift to renewable or nuclear power from fossil power and the large-scale deployment of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) for remaining fossil fuel use. Non-climate co-benefits of ... -
How to quantify biodiversity footprints of consumption? A review of multi-regional input–output analysis and life cycle assessment
Marques, Alexandra; Verones, Francesca; Kok, Marcel T J; Huijbregts, Mark A J; Pereira, Henrique M (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Reducing direct pressures on biodiversity will only be possible once the consumption drivers behind them are identified. Target 4 of the Convention on Biological Diversity highlights the importance of moving towards ... -
Impact assessment of Norwegian hydropower on freshwater fish species - an LCA approach
Mattson, Kim Rainer (Master thesis, 2016)Accounting for the total environmental impacts associated with energy technologies are becoming increasingly important due to large scale development of renewable resources. In order to assess the trade-offs between large ... -
Impacts of onshore wind energy production on birds and bats: recommendations for future life cycle impact assessment developments
Laranjeiro, Tiago Filipe Vicente Costa; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Models for quantifying impacts on biodiversity from renewable energy technologies are lacking within life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). We aim to provide an overview of the effects of wind energy on birds and bats, with ... -
Improving the link between entanglement rates and geographic areas of plastic debris exposure
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes (Master thesis, 2020)Plastavfall finnes i hele det marine miljøet, fra havoverflaten til sedimentene. I flere tiår har det vært kjent at marine organismer samhandler med og blir viklet inn i dette ikke-nedbrytningsbare menneskeskapte materialet. ... -
Integrating impacts on climate change and biodiversity from forest harvest in Norway
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Verones, Francesca; Cherubini, Francesco (Journal article, 2018)Forest ecosystems provide a variety of services, from climate regulation to biodiversity conservation. Temporary land cover variations such as those related to forest management can contribute to climate change through ... -
LC-IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method
Verones, Francesca; Hellweg, Stefanie; Anton, Assumpcio; Azevedo, Ligia B; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Cosme, Nuno; Cucurachi, Stefano; de Baan, Laura; Dong, Yang; Fantke, Peter; Golsteijn, Laura; Hauschild, Michael; Heijungs, Reinout; Jolliet, Olivier; Juraske, Ronnie; Larsen, Henrik; Laurent, Alexis; Mutel, Christopher; Margni, Manuele; Núñez, Montse; Owsianiak, Mikolaj; Pfister, Stephan; Ponsioen, Tommie; Preiss, Phillip; Rosenbaum, Ralf; Roy, Pierre-Olivier; Sala, Serenella; Steinmann, Zoran J.N.; Van Zelm, Rosalie; Van Dingenen, Rita; Vieira, Marisa; Huijbregts, Mark (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a lively field of research, and data and models are continuously improved in terms of impact pathways covered, reliability, and spatial detail. However, many of these advancements ... -
LCIA framework and cross-cutting issues guidance within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative
Verones, Francesca; Bare, Jane; Bulle, Cecile; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Hellweg, Stefanie; Henderson, Andrew; Jolliet, Olivier; Laurent, Alexis; Liao, Xun; Lindner, Jan Paul; Maia de Souza, Danielle; Michelsen, Ottar; Patouillard, Laure; Pfister, Stephan; Posthuma, Leo; Prado, Valentina; Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Rosenbaum, Ralph K; Sala, Serenella; Ugaya, Cassia; Vieira, Marisa; Fantke, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)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 cycle impact assessment (LCIA) ...