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GEOFOOTPRINT: THE INTERACTIVE WEB-APPLICATION FOR MODELLING SPATIALLY EXPLICIT AGRICULTURAL INVENTORY IN LCA
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ADRIEN LIERNUR, SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT
SETAC EUROPE 30TH ANNUAL MEETING – 3 - 7 May, 2020
Supported by:
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of global GHG emissions come from agriculture and forestry. These sectors are also major contributors to deforestation, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and soil degradation.1>20%
Where does life cycle inventory (LCI) of agricultural systems stand today?
1IPCC, 2019. IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
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LCI FOR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS – THE DATA GAP CHALLENGE
FARM-LEVEL DATA
• Country-level resolution• Multiple data providers• Various methodologies• Variety of data sources
• Ultra-specific• Not scalable• Distinct methodology• Cost-intensive
LCI databases and farm-level assessments live in separate worlds
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LCI DATA
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GEOFOOTPRINT’S OBJECTIVES
Link GIS technology and LCA methodology into a web-based platform to get location-
specific environmental footprint
Drastically increase granularity of LCI data (global coverage at a 10x10 km
resolution) with full transparencyBridge the gap between LCA and farm-level assessments
Democratize access to footprinting information
Foster understanding and facilitate simulation of climate-smart agricultural practices
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15 CROPS AND THEIR CO-PRODUCTS, AT THE FARM GATE
Barley Cotton Groundnut Maize Oil palm
Potato Rapeseed Rice Rye Sorghum
Soybean Sugarcane Sunflower WheatSugar beet
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GEOFOOTPRINT STRUCTURE Inventory Databases- World Food LCA Database*- ecoinvent
Regionalized inventory
Regionalization engine
Intermediate & Elementary flows
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Spatial repository
Regionalized footprints
Web platform
www.geofootprint.com
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Public version
Private version
Crop: Metric:
Data harmonization
Emission models /
Inventory modelling
Rasterized default in
ventory
Impact modelling
* World Food LCA Database (WFLDB) - www.quantis-intl.com/wfldb
Cool Farm Tool
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Resource flows
Mineral and organic fertilizer application rate
Irrigation water consumption
Emission from land use change
Soil erosion
N & P direct emissions
Emissions from land use
Regionalized inventory flows
Non-regionalized inventory flows
Field operation, pesticide application & emission, heavy metal emissions, post-harvest operation
DATA INVENTORY METRICSSpatially explicit data
Inventory data
& others…
& others…
Footprint metrics
Crop-specific metrics
- Climate change total- Climate change incl. deforestation- Climate change excl. deforestation
- Soil erosion- …
- Water scarcity- Freshwater eutrophication- Marine eutrophication- Acidification
- Ecosystems quality- …
- Yield- Production volume- Fertilizer application rates & others…
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A glimpse at our beta version
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Primary results. To be validated.
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Primary results. To be validated.
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KEY INFORMATION
Contact us for a detailed presentation or a demo of our geoFootprint beta version!
geoFootprint will be publicly launched by the end of 2020
Looking to enlarge collaboration and develop academic partnerships+ Case studies+ Regionalized impact assessment+ Models refinement+ GIS data analysis+ Impact valuation++ … Contact us at: [email protected]
Visit our website on: www.geofootprint.com
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Our partners:
Adrien Liernur [email protected]... and the entire geoFootprint team [email protected]
They support us: