Browsing 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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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) ... -
Linking ecosystem services and damages from bauxite mining in an LCA context - A case study from Hydro and a movement towards no net loss of ecosystem services
Bolowich, Alya Francesca (Master thesis, 2016)This study is part of a yearlong study with Norsk Hydro ASA addressing the impacts on ecosystem services in primary aluminum value chains. Here, the focus is on the impacts of bauxite mining at two locations in northern ... -
Linking marine plastic debris quantities to entanglement rates: Development of a life cycle impact assessment ‘effect factor’based on species sensitivity
McHardy, Cara Lynn (Master thesis, 2019)Etter hvert som produksjon og bruk av plast fortsetter å vokse eksponentielt, øker også andelen «feilbehandlet avfall» som ender opp i naturen. En voksende forskningsgruppe har forsøkt å kvantifisere effekten av dette ... -
Making Marine Noise Pollution Impacts Heard: The Case of Cetaceans in the North Sea within Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Middel, Heleen; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Abstract Oceans represent more than 95% of the world’s biosphere and are among the richest sources of biodiversity on Earth. However, human activities such as shipping and construction of marine infrastructure pose a ... -
Modeling net land occupation of hydropower reservoirs in Norway for use in life cycle assessment
Dorber, Martin; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Increasing hydropower electricity production constitutes a unique opportunity to mitigate climate change impacts. However, hydropower electricity production also impacts aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity through freshwater ... -
Quantifying biodiversity impacts of hydropower electricity production within the framework of Life Cycle Assessment
Dorber, Martin (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:161, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The United Nations developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the transition into a more sustainable world. One of the central aspects of the SDGs is the provisioning of sustainable energy, covered by SDG 7 ...