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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.02.008
	Assessing environmental implications associated with global copper demand and supply scenarios from 2010 to 2050
	Kuipers K.J.J.; van Oers L.F.C.M.; Verboon M.; van der Voet E.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	0959-3780
起始页码	106
结束页码	115
卷号	49
英文摘要	Utilisation of resources is closely linked to population growth and economic and technological development. Hence, it is expected that global resource demand will increase substantially over the next decades. This resource challenge is currently partly addressed by the UNEP-IRP resource scenario activity, where metals, non-metallic minerals, and biomass resource availability and consumption scenarios are being developed. Advancements in the understanding of environmental impacts induced by anthropogenic activities indicate that large-scale exploitation of metal resources adversely affects the natural environment. Global copper demand is expected to grow significantly over the next decades, which is likely to result in increasing environmental stress and can be problematic for efforts to reduce the global environmental footprint. This research aims to estimate environmental implications of copper demand scenarios from present to mid-century by applying a life cycle sustainability analysis (LCSA) methodology. The results indicate that the environmental impacts related to global copper supply are expected to increase substantially between 2010 and 2050 – e.g., the carbon footprint is estimated to increase by 100% to 200%, depending on the scenario. This research discusses the main drivers of growing environmental implications of global copper supply scenarios and shows potential focus areas for mitigation policies. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Copper (Cu); Environmental assessment; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA); Metal resource production
学科领域	carbon footprint; copper; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental impact assessment; environmental policy; environmental stress; exploitation; human activity; life cycle analysis; resource availability; resource use; sustainability; United Nations Environment Program
语种	英语
scopus关键词	carbon footprint; copper; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental impact assessment; environmental policy; environmental stress; exploitation; human activity; life cycle analysis; resource availability; resource use; sustainability; United Nations Environment Program
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117172
作者单位	Industrial Ecology Programme, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, 7491, Norway; Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, 2300AA, Netherlands; PNO consultants, Den Haag, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kuipers K.J.J.,van Oers L.F.C.M.,Verboon M.,et al. Assessing environmental implications associated with global copper demand and supply scenarios from 2010 to 2050[J],2018,49.
APA	Kuipers K.J.J.,van Oers L.F.C.M.,Verboon M.,&van der Voet E..(2018).Assessing environmental implications associated with global copper demand and supply scenarios from 2010 to 2050.Global Environmental change,49.
MLA	Kuipers K.J.J.,et al."Assessing environmental implications associated with global copper demand and supply scenarios from 2010 to 2050".Global Environmental change 49(2018).