The WULCA consensus characterization model for water scarcity footprints: assessing impacts of water consumption based on available water remaining (AWARE)
Université de Sherbrooke · Polytechnique Montréal · +15 more institutions
Abstract
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been used to assess freshwater-related impacts according to a new water footprint framework formalized in the ISO 14046 standard. To date, no consensus-based approach exists for applying this standard and results are not always comparable when different scarcity or stress indicators are used for characterization of impacts. This paper presents the outcome of a 2-year consensus building process by the Water Use in Life Cycle Assessment (WULCA), a working group of the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, on a water scarcity midpoint method for use in LCA and for water scarcity footprint assessments. In the previous work, the question to be answered was identified and different expert…
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14Topics & keywords
- Water scarcity
- Scarcity
- Life-cycle assessment
- Environmental resource management
- Water use
- Environmental science
- Environmental economics
- Robustness (evolution)
- Responsible consumption and production