Nutrition-health impact assessment of food items using nutrient profiles and dietary risk factors

The CONE-LCA framework is a promising framework that can be used to assess the impact of food items on human health and the environment. However, the nutrition-health assessment in the CONE-LCA framework quantifies the health impacts of food at the level of food items with the use of an indicator that is based on only few nutrients and otherwise...

Development of Ocean Acidification Endpoint Characterization Model for Life Cycle Assessment

With the current trend in emissions, the pH levels of the oceans are expected to decrease from 8.1 to 7.8 by the end of the century. In combination with the other stressors, it is projected that OA will have a wide range of impacts on marine life and its services to humanity. The representation of these implications is limited in environmental...

Carbon sequestration in young temperate food forests: A case study analysis on a chronosequence of the transition from grassland to food forests

The food sector plays a crucial role in exceeding several planetary boundaries. Currently, humanity has the challenge to stay between these boundaries. Food forests are an approach for improving ecosystems in soil quality, sequestering carbon and enhancing biodiversity while providing food. However, this concept is yet nearly unstudied in...

Impact of land use on functional plant diversity: A new assessment method demonstrated in Germany

Assessing the human impacts on biodiversity is important for conserving biodiversity. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool to assess the impact product service systems have on the environment. To critically asses the human impact of land use on biodiversity in LCA, characterisation factors (CF) are needed to translate area and type of land use...