Advances and challenges of life cycle assessment (LCA) of greenhouse gas removal technologies to fight climate changes

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 244, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Goglio, P ^a,b   Williams, A G ^b   Balta Ozkan, N ^b   Harris, N R P ^b   Williamson, P ^c   Huisingh, D ^d   Zhang, Z ^e   Tavoni, M ^f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental assessment; Greenhouse gas removal technologies; Life cycle assessment; Methodology; Negative emission technologies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE AGREEMENT; EMISSION TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); METHODOLOGY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85073718794     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118896     Document Type: Review

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