@article{ddd.uab.cat:302286,
      author = {Baustert, Paul and Igos, Elorri and Schaubroeck, Thomas and
               Chion, Laurent and Mendoza Beltran, Angelica and Stehfest, Elke
               and van Vuuren, Detlef and Biemans, Hester and Benetto, Enrico},
       title = {Integration of future water scarcity and electricity supply into
               prospective LCA : Application to the assessment of water
               desalination for the steel industry},
     journal = {Journal of Industrial Ecology},
        year = {2022},
      volume = {26},
      number = {4},
       pages = {1182--1194},
       month = {8},
        note = {Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M},
    abstract = {The urgency of tackling global environmental issues calls for
               radical technological and behavioral changes. New prospective (or
               ex ante) methods are needed to assess the impacts of these
               changes. Prospective life cycle assessment (LCA) can contribute
               by detailed analysis of environmental consequences. A new stream
               of research has taken up the challenge to create prospective life
               cycle inventory (LCI) databases, building on projections of
               integrated assessment models to describe future changes in
               technology use and their underlying environmental performance.
               The present work extends on this by addressing the research
               question on how to project life cycle impact assessment methods
               for water scarcity consistent with prospective LCI modeling.
               Water scarcity characterization factors are projected from
               2010-2050 using the AWARE method, based on SSP-RCP scenario
               results of the integrated assessment model IMAGE. This work is
               coupled with prospective LCI databases, where electricity
               datasets are adapted based on the energy component of IMAGE for
               the same scenario. Based on this, an LCA case study of water
               desalination for the steel industry in Spain is presented. The
               resulting regional characterization factors show that some
               regions (i.e., the Iberian Peninsula) could experience an
               increase in water scarcity in the future. Results of the case
               study show how this can lead to trade-offs between climate change
               and water scarcity impacts and how disregarding such trends could
               lead to biased assessments. The relevance and limitations are
               finally discussed, highlighting further research needs, such as
               the temporalization of the impacts.},
         doi = {10.1111/jiec.13272},
         url = {https://ddd.uab.cat/record/302286},
}