A simple approach to land use change emissions for global crop commodities reflecting demand.

A G Williams; H Dominguez; I Leinonen

A simple approach to land use change emissions for global crop commodities reflecting demand.

A G Williams, H Dominguez, I Leinonen

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A development of the top down method for accounting for all direct and indirect land use change emissions (LUCE) is presented, which reflects the relative rates of global crop expansion. It uses crop production and area data from FAOSTAT to derive expansion rates, reflecting global demand. Crops that drive land use change more, e.g. soy thus receive a heavier burden than other. It is thus more equitable than the original top down method. Alternative sources of values for LUCE and connected agricultural area are addressed. It still represents a method with relatively low computational and data demands.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014
Publisher	American Center for Life Cycle Assessment
Pages	1527-1534
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9780988214576
Publication status	Print publication - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014

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Williams, A. G., Dominguez, H., & Leinonen, I. (2014). A simple approach to land use change emissions for global crop commodities reflecting demand. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014 (pp. 1527-1534). (Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014). American Center for Life Cycle Assessment.

Williams, A G ; Dominguez, H ; Leinonen, I. / A simple approach to land use change emissions for global crop commodities reflecting demand. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014. American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, 2014. pp. 1527-1534 (Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014).

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Williams, AG, Dominguez, H & Leinonen, I 2014, A simple approach to land use change emissions for global crop commodities reflecting demand. in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014, American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, pp. 1527-1534.

A simple approach to land use change emissions for global crop commodities reflecting demand. / Williams, A G; Dominguez, H; Leinonen, I.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014. American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, 2014. p. 1527-1534 (Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014).

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Williams AG, Dominguez H, Leinonen I. A simple approach to land use change emissions for global crop commodities reflecting demand. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014. American Center for Life Cycle Assessment. 2014. p. 1527-1534. (Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector (LCA Food 2014), San Francisco, California, USA, 8-10 October, 2014).

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