Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Verones, Francesca"
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A case study of life cycle impacts of small-scale fishing techniques in Thailand
Verones, Francesca; Bolowich, Alya Francesca; Ebata, Keigo; Boutson, Anukorn; Takafumi, Arimoto; Ishikawa, Satoshi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Fish provides an important source of protein, especially in developing countries, and the amounts of fish consumed are increasing worldwide (mostly from aquaculture). More than half of all marine fish are caught by small-scale ... -
A Multimedia Hydrological Fate Modeling Framework To Assess Water Consumption Impacts in Life Cycle Assessment
Núñez, Montse; Rosenbaum, Ralph K; Karimpour, S; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Lathuilliere, Michael J; Margni, Manuele; Scherer, Laura; Verones, Francesca; Pfister, Stephan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Many new methods have recently been developed to address environmental consequences of water consumption in life cycle assessment (LCA). However, such methods can only partially be compared and combined, because their ... -
A novel maximum entropy approach to hybrid monetary-physical supply-chain modelling and its application to biodiversity impacts of palm oil embodied in consumption
Többen, Johannes Reinhard; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard; Moran, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The environmental and social consequences of clearing tropical forests for palm oil and soybean monoculture have been analyzed in a number of studies and are widely recognized. Some initiatives and studies have examined ... -
Biodiversity Recovery and Transformation Impacts for Wetland Biodiversity
Pezzati, Lorenzo; Verones, Francesca; Curran, Michael P.; Baustert, Paul; Hellweg, Stefanie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods for land use take both occupation and transformation impacts into account. However, for wetlands and impacts from water consumption, it is so far not possible to account for transformation ... -
Developing a characterization factor and effect factor model for impacts of marine invasive species - Within the context of Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Myklebust, Mari Nord (Master thesis, 2019)Marine arter blir stadig mer transportert og frigjort til nye habitater hvor de ikke er innfødte. Virkningen av fremmede arter som blir invaderende, er av voksende bekymring. Å kunne vurdere invaderende arters påvirkning ... -
Development of life cycle impact assessment methodologies for impacts on marine ecosystems
Woods, John Sebastian (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:333, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Marine resources are increasingly important for satisfying the needs and wants of the human society. With currently unprecedented human demands on marine resources and space, concerns are rising over observed declines in ... -
Do Amphibians and Cash Crops Compete for Scarce Water? A Spatial Correlation Analysis
Moran, Daniel; Petersone, Milda; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)It has been argued that the trade of water intensive crops may be beneficial as it helps alleviate regional differences in water scarcity by effectively transporting moisture from humid regions to arid ones. However, the ... -
Do Cash Crops and Species Compete for Scarce Water?
Petersone, Milda (Master thesis, 2015)Water scarcity is a major environmental challenge of today. More than 2/3 of global water consumption is used in agriculture, part of which for export production or so called cash crops. Some argue that trade of water ... -
Empirical Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Assessment of the Impacts of Reservoir Occupation on Macroinvertebrate Richness across the United States
Trottier, Gabrielle; Turgeon, Katrine; Verones, Francesca; Boisclair, Daniel; Bulle, Cecile; Margni, Manuele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The transformation of a river into a reservoir and the subsequent occupation of the riverbed by a reservoir can impact freshwater ecosystems and their biodiversity. We used the National Lake Assessment (134 reservoirs) and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...