Progresses in Life Cycle Impact Assessment within the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative

摘要

The Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) programme aims at the enhancement of the availability of sound LCA data and methods and at guidance about their use. More specifically it aims 1) at establishing recommended methodologies and guidelines for the different impact categories, possibly consisting of sets of factors at midpoint and at damage level, 2) at making results and recommendations widely available for users through the creation of a worldwide accessible information system. This short paper reports on latest achievements in LCIA and next steps. More information is available on the LCIA corner of the Life Cycle Initiative at http://www. netzwerk-lebenszvklusdaten.de/lciacorner.