Impact Assessment Methods

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CED CML 4.8 EF3.1 EN15804+A2 Environmental Cost Indicator 2025 EPD supplementary indicators ImpactWorld+ 2 - Damages version ImpactWorld+ 2 - Midpoint version IPCC 2021 ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/E ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/H ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/I ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/E ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/H ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/I Single categories TRACI 2.1

⏵ IPCC 2021

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Default (GWP100), Aircraft Default (GWP100), Biogenic Default (GWP100), Fossil Default (GWP100), Land use Default (GWP100), Total GWP20, Aircraft GWP20, Biogenic GWP20, Fossil GWP20, Land use GWP20, Total GWP500, Aircraft GWP500, Biogenic GWP500, Fossil GWP500, Land use GWP500, Total Including SLCFs, default (GWP100), Aircraft Including SLCFs, default (GWP100), Biogenic Including SLCFs, default (GWP100), Fossil Including SLCFs, default (GWP100), Land use Including SLCFs, default (GWP100), Total Including SLCFs, GWP20, Aircraft Including SLCFs, GWP20, Biogenic Including SLCFs, GWP20, Fossil Including SLCFs, GWP20, Land use Including SLCFs, GWP20, Total

⏵ Including SLCFs, GWP20, Biogenic

Unit: kg CO2 eq

Description: Global Warming Potential (GWP) calculated over a 20-year time horizon, encompassing the influence of short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs). This calculation accounts solely for biogenic emissions. Characterization factors for SLCFs have been sourced from the IPCC method within ecoinvent, and these factors are rooted in the IPCC 2013 report. While SLCFs are not part of the IPCC's 2021 metrics, the Life-cycle Initiative (UNEP/SETAC 2016) recommends their inclusion in sensitivity analyses of models.

Emission factors: 39 exchanges considered