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Llorenç Milà i Canals is affiliated with the United Nations Environment Programme in Paris, France. Their main field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, Economics and Econometrics, and Strategy and Management.

Their research covers several key topics:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics

Recent publications by Llorenç Milà i Canals include:

  • "Using life cycle assessment to achieve a circular economy" (2021) published in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
  • "Implementing the material footprint to measure progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 12" (2021) published in Nature Sustainability
  • "Chemicals of concern in plastic toys" (2020) published in Environment International
  • "Soil organic carbon as an indicator of land use impacts in life cycle assessment" (2024) published in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
  • "Accounting for nutrition-related health impacts in food life cycle assessment: insights from an expert workshop" (2024) published in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Coauthors frequently collaborating with them include:

  • Peter Fantke
  • Olivier Jolliet
  • Miguel Brandão
  • Roland Clift
  • Nicolò Aurisano

They have published across prominent venues such as:

  • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Environment International
  • Frontiers in Sustainability

Llorenç Milà i Canals has contributed to book publications through Springer International Publishing with the title "Food, Feed, Fuel, Timber or Carbon Sink? Towards Sustainable Land Use" released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Emerging approaches, challenges and opportunities in life cycle assessment

    Stefanie Hellweg;Llorenç Milà i Canals

  • Testing the assertion that ‘local food is best’: the challenges of an evidence-based approach

    Gareth Edwards-Jones;Llorenç Milà i Canals;Natalia Hounsome;Monica Truninger

  • Key Elements in a Framework for Land Use Impact Assessment Within LCA

    Llorenç Milà i Canals;Christian Bauer;Jochen Depestele;Alain Dubreuil

  • UNEP-SETAC guideline on global land use impact assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services in LCA

    Thomas Koellner;Laura de Baan;Tabea Beck;Miguel Brandão

  • Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment

    Anna Kounina;Anna Kounina;Manuele Margni;Manuele Margni;Jean-Baptiste Bayart;Anne-Marie Boulay

  • Soil Organic Carbon Changes in the Cultivation of Energy Crops: Implications for GHG Balances and Soil Quality for Use in LCA

    Miguel Brandão;Llorenç Milà i Canals;Roland Clift

  • Spatial patterns of agricultural expansion determine impacts on biodiversity and carbon storage

    Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Richard P. Sharp;Lisa Mandle;Sarah Sim

  • Assessing freshwater use impacts in LCA: Part I—inventory modelling and characterisation factors for the main impact pathways

    Llorenç Milà i Canals;Llorenç Milà i Canals;Jonathan Chenoweth;Ashok Chapagain;Stuart Orr

  • Evaluation of the environmental impacts of apple production using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Case study in New Zealand

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  • Water Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment as approaches to assess potential impacts of products on water consumption. Key learning points from pilot studies on tea and margarine

    D. Jefferies;I. Muñoz;J. Hodges;V.J. King

  • Method for assessing impacts on life support functions (LSF) related to the use of ‘fertile land’ in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

    Llorenç Milà i Canals;Joan Romanyà;Sarah J. Cowell

  • Using Life Cycle Assessment to achieve a circular economy

    Claudia Peña;Bárbara Civit;Alejandro Gallego-Schmid;Angela Druckman

  • Environmental impacts of food consumption and nutrition: where are we and what is next?

    Thomas Nemecek;Niels Jungbluth;Llorenç Milà i Canals;Rita Schenck

  • Global characterisation factors to assess land use impacts on biotic production

    Miguel Brandão;Llorenç Milà i Canals

  • Life cycle assessment of bio-based ethanol produced from different agricultural feedstocks

    Ivan Muñoz;Karin Flury;Niels Jungbluth;Giles Rigarlsford

  • Comparing domestic versus imported apples: A focus on energy use

    Llorenç Milà i Canals;Sarah J. Cowell;Sarah J. Cowell;Sarah Sim;Lauren Basson

  • Principles for life cycle inventories of land use on a global scale

    Thomas Koellner;Laura de Baan;Tabea Beck;Miguel Brandão

  • Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: impacts of climate change, fine particulate matter formation, water consumption and land use

    Olivier Jolliet;Assumpció Antón;Anne-Marie Boulay;Anne-Marie Boulay;Francesco Cherubini

  • Chemicals of concern in plastic toys

    Nicolò Aurisano;Lei Huang;Llorenç Milà i Canals;Olivier Jolliet

  • How Well Does LCA Model Land Use Impacts on Biodiversity?--A Comparison with Approaches from Ecology and Conservation.

    Michael Curran;Danielle Maia de Souza;Danielle Maia de Souza;Danielle Maia de Souza;Assumpció Antón;Ricardo F. M. Teixeira;Ricardo F. M. Teixeira

  • The challenges of applying planetary boundaries as a basis for strategic decision-making in companies with global supply chains

    Roland Clift;Sarah Sim;Henry King;Jonathan L. Chenoweth

  • Towards consensus on land use impacts on biodiversity in LCA: UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative preliminary recommendations based on expert contributions

    Ricardo F.M. Teixeira;Danielle Maia de Souza;Michael P. Curran;Assumpció Antón

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Clift
Roland Clift University of Surrey
Miguel Brandão
Miguel Brandão Royal Institute of Technology
Assumpció Antón
Assumpció Antón Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology
Manuele Margni
Manuele Margni Polytechnique Montréal
Peter Fantke
Peter Fantke Technical University of Denmark
Olivier Jolliet
Olivier Jolliet University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bradley G. Ridoutt
Bradley G. Ridoutt Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Michael Zwicky Hauschild
Michael Zwicky Hauschild Technical University of Denmark

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