September 5, 2025Open Access

Prospective Macro-Level Life Cycle Assessment: A Systematic Review

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APAaron ParisLeiden University JGJeroen B. Guinée NTNils Thonemann

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Systematic review identifies modeling approaches and challenges in prospective life cycle assessments, suggesting improvements for sustainability transitions.

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Our review reveals diverse modeling approaches, flaws in terminology, and challenges in prospective life cycle assessments.
Several key pitfalls, including simplified treatments of temporal dynamics and system scaling, were identified among 87 reviewed articles.
The systematic literature review highlights the importance of improving transparency and consistency in life cycle assessment terminology.
Best practices were highlighted, pointing towards methodologies that can strengthen the representation of sustainability transitions.

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Paris et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23922b210217d6477a19d https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7468270/v1

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Systematic review identifies modeling approaches and challenges in prospective life cycle assessments, suggesting improvements for sustainability transitions.

Prospective Macro-Level Life Cycle Assessment: A Systematic Review

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Prospective Macro-Level Life Cycle Assessment: A Systematic Review

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