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For the second time due to popular demand: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), net-zero, Carbon Footprint, non-financial reporting, Taxonomy, Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)
After a very successful first iteration full of interesting presentations and discussions, we will organise a second event on “LCA in science and policy” on 14 October 2022 that will help you to keep up with current sustainability discussions. Ask anything you always wanted to ask about LCA!
All info and registration at: https://events.renewable-carbon.eu/lca2Climate neutrality, zero pollution, green and digital transition, circular economy and other environmental topics have become top priorities in European policies. In order to reduce negative impacts, policy tries to incentivise “more sustainable” activities and penalise the “less sustainable” ones. The Emission Trading Scheme, the Taxonomy Directiveand other initiatives under the fit-for-55 package show that. The basis of each of those must be a reliable and standardised accounting method for environmental impacts, such as LCA, but comparability is still a challenge.
Policy must and will use LCA methodology to distinguish between more and less sustainable activities, but more standardisation is required to use such results in broader legislative frameworks. The Renewable Energy Directive(REDII) offers such a standardisation already for the fuels and energy sector. The Product Environmental Footprint is developing standards for a full range of products and companies also from other sectors. However, LCA frameworks are still far away from a sufficient level of standardisation.
The nova Session gives insights into LCA methodology and the difficulties of standardisation in recent application fields in the focus of policy makers. It puts a focus on products from Renewable Carbon as these products and technologies entail some very specific challenges. The session will be split between input presentations from experts and ample time for discussion among the present experts from industry, academia and policy.
Invited speakers include the European Commission’s JRC, the German Research Center for Biomass (DBFZ) and nova-Institute.
Please find more information here and join us at Cologne Airport or online on 14 October 2022.
All info and registration at: https://events.renewable-carbon.eu/lca2Climate neutrality, zero pollution, green and digital transition, circular economy and other environmental topics have become top priorities in European policies. In order to reduce negative impacts, policy tries to incentivise “more sustainable” activities and penalise the “less sustainable” ones. The Emission Trading Scheme, the Taxonomy Directiveand other initiatives under the fit-for-55 package show that. The basis of each of those must be a reliable and standardised accounting method for environmental impacts, such as LCA, but comparability is still a challenge.
Policy must and will use LCA methodology to distinguish between more and less sustainable activities, but more standardisation is required to use such results in broader legislative frameworks. The Renewable Energy Directive(REDII) offers such a standardisation already for the fuels and energy sector. The Product Environmental Footprint is developing standards for a full range of products and companies also from other sectors. However, LCA frameworks are still far away from a sufficient level of standardisation.
The nova Session gives insights into LCA methodology and the difficulties of standardisation in recent application fields in the focus of policy makers. It puts a focus on products from Renewable Carbon as these products and technologies entail some very specific challenges. The session will be split between input presentations from experts and ample time for discussion among the present experts from industry, academia and policy.
Invited speakers include the European Commission’s JRC, the German Research Center for Biomass (DBFZ) and nova-Institute.
Please find more information here and join us at Cologne Airport or online on 14 October 2022.
This project has been co-funded with the support of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Union [LIFE17 ENV/ES/000438] Life programme
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