Corrigendum to "Environmental sustainability of European production and consumption assessed against planetary boundaries"

Serenella Sala; Eleonora Crenna; Michela Secchi; Esther Sanyé-Mengual

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111904

Corrigendum to "Environmental sustainability of European production and consumption assessed against planetary boundaries"

J Environ Manage. 2021 Mar 1:281:111904. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111904. Epub 2021 Jan 4.

Authors

Serenella Sala¹, Eleonora Crenna², Michela Secchi², Esther Sanyé-Mengual²

Affiliations

¹ European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027, Ispra, Italy. Electronic address: serenella.sala@ec.europa.eu.
² European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027, Ispra, Italy.

Abstract

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Planetary Boundaries help quantify the environmental sustainability of consumption.
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We developed LCIA-based planetary boundaries for evaluating the EU consumption.
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EU consumption occupies a high share of the safe operating space globally available.
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Planetary boundaries are fundamental to support policy making towards sustainability.
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LCA-based planetary boundaries show intrinsic uncertainties.

Keywords: Absolute sustainability; Carrying capacity; Consumption patterns; Impact assessment; Life cycle assessment based indicator; Sustainable development goals.

Publication types

Published Erratum