• Spatially and taxonomically explicit characterisation factors for greenhouse gas emission impacts on biodiversity 

      Iordan, Cristina Maria; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Huang, Bo; Hu, Xiangping; Verones, Francesca; Cherubini, Francesco (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-06)
      In life-cycle impact assessment, currently available characterisation factors (CF) for climate change impacts on biodiversity are highly simplified and do not consider spatial and taxonomic differentiation of species or local climate variability. We develop the first spatially and taxonomically specific CFs for the impacts of 20 GHGs on biodiversity considering 26,648 species across terrestrial and ...
    • What Is the Impact of Accidentally Transporting Terrestrial Alien Species? A New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Model 

      Borgelt, Jan Simon; Dorber, Martin; Géron, Charly; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Huijbregts, Mark A. J.; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-08)
      Alien species form one of the main threats to global biodiversity. Although Life Cycle Assessment attempts to holistically assess environmental impacts of products and services across value chains, ecological impacts of the introduction of alien species are so far not assessed in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Here, we developed country-to-country-specific characterization factors, expressed as the ...