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SETAC Glasgow 2013. Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators Flagship project of the 3 rd phase of the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. Olivier Jolliet, Rolf Frischknecht.
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SETAC Glasgow2013 Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicatorsFlagship project of the 3rd phase of the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative Olivier Jolliet, RolfFrischknecht
Tentative list of selected impact categories and their relationship/relevance to endpoints(high***,intermediate**,lower* relevance. In red:endpoints to be represented in priority) Integration, normalization & weighting
Feedback from stakeholder workshop in Indonesia, June 2013 • Organised by ShabbirGheewala, and held at the LCA AgriFood Asia Conference, in Bogor, Indonesia, June 24-26, 2013 • Main feedback: • Priority setting is considered appropriate by a majority of respondents • a few suggest to prioritise differentlye.g., respiratory inorganics priority 2, energy resources and eutrophication priority 1, • food security and scarcity considered additional safeguard subject • safeguard subjects “biodiversity” and “resources/ecosystem services” is questioned, rather use “ecosystem health” and “resources” and classify “biodiversity” and “ecosystem services” under “ecosystem health” • other impact categories suggested: “ozone depletion”, “invasive species”, “groundwater contamination by hazardous substances” • questions related to overall outcome of this flagshipe.g. a globally accepted LCIA method? • consider regional impacts and involve regional researchers
Feedback from stakeholder workshop in Indonesia, June 2013 Tentative conclusions • keep list of impact categories and priority setting • discussion needed about overall framework of safeguard subjects • be more clear about deliverable/outcome of this flagship project • increase regional diversity of researchers/experts