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REPORT ON ACTIVITY OF TASK FORCE 1 IN THE LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY PROGRAMME: DATA REGISTRY - GLOBAL LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY DATA RESOURCES
Citation:
CURRAN, MARYANN. REPORT ON ACTIVITY OF TASK FORCE 1 IN THE LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY PROGRAMME: DATA REGISTRY - GLOBAL LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY DATA RESOURCES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT. Ecomed Verlagsgesellschaft AG, Landsberg, Germany, 11(4):284-289, (2006).
Description:
This paper presents a summary of the findings of a report prepared by Task Force 1 of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative on the available Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) databases around the world. An update of a previous summary prepared in May 2002 by Norris and Notten, the report identifies LCI databases including public and proprietary, or restricted-access, databases. It includes descriptions of activities that aim to develop publicly-available databases in Africa, the APEC region and Asia, Europe, and the Americas (Canada, USA and Latin America). LCA software programs that contain inventory data are also included in this effort. The report also lists institutions or organisations that provide LCI data in a less formal way, as this is important to get a feel for the global spread of LCI data. Also with the aim of facilitating access to global LCI data resources, the report provides information on regional LCA networks and societies. The focus of the report is on LCI databases and LCI data providers. It therefore does not list general environmental or process data sources (i.e. data must be in the form of life cycle inventories), nor does it list institutions working solely with LCA methodology development. The LCI data resources are summarised in the report in a series of tables: global spread of LCI data resources; LCA societies and networks; national database projects; industry databases; other data sources; and LCA software. The appendix presents brief descriptive paragraphs of all the data sources and organisations mentioned in the report.