The potential contribution to climate change mitigation from temporary carbon storage in biomaterials

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 451-462

  Jørgensen, Susanne V ^a,b   Hauschild, Michael Z ^a   Nielsen, Per H ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Climate change mitigation; Climate tipping potential (CTP); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Temporary carbon storage

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE TIPPING POTENTIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; TEMPORARY CARBON STORAGE; TIME;

EID: 84939416248     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0845-3     Document Type: Article

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