4. What's next? The future of LCA in decision support

4.1 At which decision-making levels should LCA be used, and why?

The players involved in environmental decision-making in the transport sector are public and private, individual and collective. They are involved throughout the decision-making chain, from planning to construction, from consumption of goods and services to deconstruction and recycling of transport system components. They are primarily public authorities, companies and users. Of course, LCA can support rational, quantified environmental decision-making in all areas of the transport sector: for eco-design in the R&D activities of companies producing transport systems, and for eco-comparison of projects, products and technologies, and construction techniques on the part of public decision-makers. LCA can also guide...

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Bibliography

(1) - CITEPA - Oxydes d'azote – NOx, - oct. 2016 https://www.citepa.org/fr/air-et-climat/ polluants/aep-item/oxydes-d-azote
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Standards and norms

Greenhouse gases – Quantifying and reporting greenhouse gas emissions for organizations – ISO 14064-1 application guidelines - FD ISO/TR 14069 - 2014
Value-based management – Functional expression of needs and functional specifications – Requirements for expressing and validating the need to be met in the process of acquiring or obtaining a product - NF EN 16258 - 2013
Environmental management – Lifecycle...