Revealing the concept of sustainability in life cycle assessment

Q4 Environmental Science
Kinga Biró, M. Szalmáné Csete
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Life cycle analysis is essential in promoting improvements to mitigate climate change. Climate change impacts can be reduced through mitigation of greenhouse gases and increasing adaptation to the changes to be expected across all sectors. This article aims to examine and characterize the current application of the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). This study is focusing on a systematic review and bibliometric analysis highlighting the concept of sustainability in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Firstly, three types of LCA are presented based on the selected publications that can underpin the different existing trends. This systematic literature review also aimed to examine the LCSA-related publications and introduce the main findings or highlight changes. Secondly, research was conducted using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) protocol. Then, using bibliometric tools, the evolution of the literature and the relationship between the different types of LCSA are discussed. Bibliometric analyses were considered based on the Scopus database and the exported dataset for systematic analyses. The co-authorships, co-occurrences, keywords, and co-citations were analyzed using the VOSviewer software for the period of 2010 and 2022. The results underpinned that the LCSA model can contribute to fostering the way toward a sustainable and climate-oriented transition. Literature analysis has clearly confirmed that LCA research with a sustainability focus is on an evolutionary trajectory. Most of the surveyed LCSA literature is related to environmental sciences (40%), followed by energetics (21%) and social sciences (20%) in almost equal proportions. The economic dimension of sustainability is under-represented in LCSA studies. The LCSA studies described numerous indicators which can contribute to monitoring the three dimensions of sustainable development.
揭示生命周期评估中的可持续性概念
生命周期分析对于促进改善以减缓气候变化至关重要。可以通过减缓温室气体排放和加强对所有部门预期变化的适应来减少气候变化的影响。本文旨在研究和描述生命周期可持续性评估(LCSA)的应用现状。本研究的重点是系统回顾和文献计量分析,突出了生命周期评估(LCA)中可持续性的概念。首先,根据所选的出版物,提出了三种类型的LCA,这些出版物可以支持不同的现有趋势。本系统的文献回顾亦旨在检视与lcsa相关的出版物,并介绍主要发现或突出变化。其次,研究采用PRISMA(系统评价和荟萃分析首选报告项目)协议进行。然后,运用文献计量学工具,讨论了文献的演变以及不同类型LCSA之间的关系。文献计量学分析基于Scopus数据库和导出的数据集进行系统分析。使用VOSviewer软件对2010年至2022年的共同作者、共现、关键词和共被引进行分析。研究结果表明,LCSA模式有助于促进可持续和气候导向的转型。文献分析清楚地证实了以可持续性为重点的LCA研究是一个进化轨迹。大多数被调查的LCSA文献与环境科学(40%)有关,其次是能量学(21%)和社会科学(20%),几乎相同的比例。可持续性的经济层面在LCSA研究中代表性不足。LCSA的研究报告描述了许多有助于监测可持续发展三个层面的指标。
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Ecocycles
Ecocycles Environmental Science-General Environmental Science
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