Francesca Verones

About

Research

My work is related to developing models for projected impacts on aquatic, marine and terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services. Human impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems call for novel methods to assess, quantify, and spatially differentiate their extent and consequences. I focus on advancing the field of life cycle assessment (LCA) to improve and complement this widely used assessment approach. In addition, we investigate how trade influences and chnages these impacts and how we can help to reduce biodiversity loss.

Moreover, I am chair of a task force of the life cycle initiative hosted by UN Environment on ecosystem quality within Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) and I am leading the effort to operationalize LC-Impact, a novel, spatially-differentiated LCIA method (see http://lc-impact.eu).

In 2019 I was awarded an ERC starting grant ( ATLANTIS).

I was selected as lead author for the IPBES "biodiversity and business" report (2023-2026).

Academic background

2026 - Group leader Industrial Ecology Programme, Department for Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

2025 - 2026 Head of Department, Department for Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

2020 - Professor, Industrial Ecology Programme, Department for Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

2021 - 2023 Adjunct Professor, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

2014 - 2020 Associate Professor, Industrial Ecology Programme, Department for Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

2013 - 2014 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2009 - 2013 PhD in Environmental Engineering. Institute of Env. Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2007 - 2009 MSc in Environmental Engineering, Institute of Env. Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2003 - 2006 BSc in Environmental Engineering, Institute of Env. Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

On-going projects

2026-2030 LimEATS - Exploring planetary boundaries and social foundations for just urban
food systems in Norway. Role: co-PI

2025-2028 FOODTURE - Food for the Future: Environmental quantification and impact reduction. Funded by Horizon Europe. Role: Work package leader

2022-2026 RAINFOREST - Co-produced transformative knowledge to accelerate change for biodiversity. Funded by Horizon Europe. Role: coordinator

2022-2026 BAMBOO - Biodiversity and trade: mitigating the impacts of non-food biomass global supply chains. Funded by Horizon Europe. Role: coordinator

2022-2025 PATTERN - Providing operational economic appraisal methods and practices for informed decision-making in climate and environmental policies. Funded by Horizon Europe. Role: task leader

2021-2026 SusHydro - Sustainable hydropower development and reservoir management as an enabler of the renewable energy transition and an accelerator to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Funded by the Interdisciplinary Sustainable Initiatives at NTNU. Role: co-PI

2021-2026 MAPLE - Marine Plastic Pollution: Environmental impact and life cycle scenarios. Funded by the Interdisciplinary Sustainable Initiatives at NTNU. Role: PI

2020-2026 ATLANTIS - Whales, waste and sea walnuts: incroporating human impacts on marine ecosystems within life cycle impact assessment. Funded by the European Research Commission (ERC starting grant). Role: PI

Selected past projects

2021-2025 FIREPLUG - Footprint and Impact of Renewable Energy: Pressure on Lands under Growth. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council, Role: WP5 co-leader.

2020-2024 CONSENSE - Contributing to sustainable energy systems in Norway: quantifying life-cycle impacts on biodiversity. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council, Role: PI

2020-2023 LIF-OWI - Environmental, socio-economic and technological issues for life cycle assessment of offshore wind farms. Financed by FEM and Ademe, France. Role: Partner

2018-2021 CitizenScience - Transforming Citizen Science for Biodiversity. Funded by NTNU. Role: co-PI

2016-2019 Footprints2.0. Funded by the Research Council of Norway. Role: PI

2015-2017 TSUNAGARI - Transsystem, unified approach for global and regional integration of socialecological study toward sustainable use of biodiv. and ecosystem services. Funded by the Norwegian Reseach Council through the Biodiversa scheme. Role: partner

2015-2019 SURE - Towards sustainable renewable energy production: Developing a Life
Cycle Impact Assessment framework for biodiversity impacts. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council, Role: PI

2015-2019 AfricanBioServices. Funded by the European Commission. Role: task leader

Current PhD students and research assistants

Fei Song - ATLANTIS project
Sif de Visser - SusHydro project
Sedona Anderson - BAMBOO project
Yeqing Zhang - RAINFOREST project
Marion Lebrun - NTNU internationalization/RAINFOREST
Elisha Wilson - BAMBOO project
Pinar Kavak Gülbeyaz - PATTERN, SBTN and RAINFOREST project
Zoë Groenewoud - Noise and light impacts on biodiversity

Catherine Deschênes - ATLANTIS project

Current Postdocs and Researchers

Martin Dorber ( Senior Researcher) - ATLANTIS, SusHydro and Life Cycle Initiative
Jan Borgelt (Postdoc) - FIREPLUG project
Lola Sylvie Rousseau (Postdoc) - FOODTURE project
Silvan Goldenberg (Researcher)

Publications

2026

Pastor-Vallés, Elisa; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Verones, Francesca; Tranell, Maria Gabriella. (2026) Environmental Sustainability Analysis and Circular Economy in Silicon Metallurgy. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Marhoon, Ahmed Mohamed Jaffar Marhoon A; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2026) Quantifying the Norwegian Plastic Cycle and Its Impacts: Integrating Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment to Guide Policy. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Askham, Cecilia; Deville, Alejandro; Silva, Mafalda; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Boulay, Anne Marie; Corella-Puertas, Elena; Saadi, Nadim; Pauna, Valentina; Verones, Francesca; Kahhat, Ramzy. (2026) Expanding life cycle impact assessment to account for marine plastic emissions: a case study for the fishing industry. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Gjedde, Philip; Kramel, Diogo; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Strømman, Anders Hammer; Verones, Francesca. (2026) The impact of invasions from ballast water: A life cycle impact assessment method. Journal of Environmental Management (JEM)
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan Simon; Gilad, Dafna; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2026) Renewable energy growth amplifies land pressure on Norwegian biodiversity. Cleaner Energy Systems
Academic article
Song, Fei; Dorber, Martin; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Verones, Francesca. (2026) Assessing the effect of microplastics on the marine ecosysteḿs carbon sequestration potential in life cycle assessment. Ecosystem Services
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan Simon; Gilad, Dafna; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2026) Renewable energy growth amplifies land pressure on Norwegian biodiversity. Cleaner Energy Systems
Academic article

2025

Zhang, Yeqing; Rasul, Kajwan; Verones, Francesca; Hertwich, Edgar. (2025) Quantifying the differences between EXIOBASE and FABIO for land use footprint studies: the case of beef consumption in six selected countries. Environmental Research: Food Systems
Academic article
Anderson, Sedona Rae; Stadler, Konstantin; Verones, Francesca. (2025) From Global Emissions to Local Impacts: Spatially Explicit Modeling of Ocean Acidification in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Kavak Gulbeyaz, Pinar; Philis, Gaspard; Dorber, Martin; Ziegler, Friederike; Verones, Francesca; Pettersen, Johan Berg. (2025) Life cycle impacts of salmon lice treatments in Norway on global biodiversity. Aquaculture
Academic article
Vodopia, Dorian; Verones, Francesca; Askham, Cecilia; Larsen, Roger B.. (2025) Ghost fishing catch estimates based on annual retrieval operations in Norwegian waters. Fisheries Research
Academic article
Marhoon, Ahmed Mohamed Jaffar Marhoon A; Murphy, Erin L.; Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Borgelt, Jan Simon; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca. (2025) An effect factor for macro- and microplastic ingestion impacts on marine ecosystems for use in life cycle assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin
Academic article
de Visser, Sif; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2025) Scaling effects on material demand in hydropower: Implications for life cycle inventory modeling. Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Academic article
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Borgelt, Jan Simon; Mostert, Philip Stanley; Murakawa, Shawn K.; Martin, Summer L.; Gelman, Jon; Lynch, Jennifer M.; Verones, Francesca. (2025) Marine debris impacts on Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas): High prevalence of hook-and-line fishing gear in strandings. Marine Pollution Bulletin
Academic article
Maga, Daniel; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Verones, Francesca; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Corella-Puertas, Elena; Askham, Cecilia. (2025) Consideration of Plastic Emissions in Life Cycle Assessments.
Academic chapter
Lebrun, Marion Naia; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Henderson, Andrew D. (2025) Novel Endpoint Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Terrestrial Acidification. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Stranddorf, Liv; Verones, Francesca; Olsen, Stig Irving. (2025) Benefits and impacts of offshore wind farms on benthic marine biodiversity in a life cycle assessment context. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
de Visser, Sif; Barbarossa, Valerio; Keijzer, Tamara; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2025) Characterizing dam fragmentation impacts on freshwater fish within life cycle impact assessment. Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article

2024

Marhoon, Ahmed Mohamed Jaffar Marhoon A; Las Heras Hernandez, Miguel; Billy, Romain Guillaume; Mueller, Daniel Beat; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Mapping Plastic and Plastic Additive Cycles in Coastal Countries: A Norwegian Case Study. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Stadler, Konstantin; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Disentangling marine plastic impacts in Life Cycle Assessment: Spatially explicit Characterization Factors for ecosystem quality. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; Scherer, Laura; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Midpoint characterization factors to assess impacts of turbine water use from hydropower production. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Gilad, Dafna; Borgelt, Jan Simon; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Biodiversity on the line: life cycle impact assessment of power lines on birds and mammals in Norway. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Academic article
Gilad, Dafna; Borgelt, Jan Simon; May, Roelof Frans; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Biodiversity impacts of Norway's renewable electricity grid. Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
Vodopia, Dorian; Verones, Francesca; Askham, Cecilia; Larsen, Roger Bertram. (2024) Retrieval operations of derelict fishing gears give insight on the impact on marine life. Marine Pollution Bulletin
Academic article
Casagrande, Naiara; Silva, Carla O.; Verones, Francesca; Sobral, Paula; Martinho, Graca. (2024) Ecotoxicity effect factors for plastic additives on the aquatic environment: a new approach for life cycle impact assessment. Environmental Pollution
Academic article
Gilad, Dafna; May, Roelof Frans; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Between the lines: Life cycle impact assessment models of collision and electrocution impacts of power lines on bird diversity in Norway. Journal of Industrial Ecology
Academic article
Casagrande, Naiara; Verones, Francesca; Sobral, Paula; Martinho, Graça. (2024) Physical properties of microplastics affecting the aquatic biota: A review. Environmental Advances
Academic literature review
Borgelt, Jan Simon; Dorber, Martin; Géron, Charly; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Huijbregts, Mark A. J.; Verones, Francesca. (2024) What Is the Impact of Accidentally Transporting Terrestrial Alien Species? A New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Model. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Baulaz, Yoann; Araignous, Emma; Perez-Lopez, Paula; Douziech, Mélanie; Quillien, Nolwenn; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Development of a collision impact indicator to integrate in the life cycle assessment of offshore wind farms. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Gjedde, Philip; Carrer, Fabio; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Effect factors for marine invasion impacts on biodiversity. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Ran, Ylva; Cederberg, Christel; Jonell, Malin; Bergmann, Kristina; Boer, Imke De; Einarsson, Rasmus; Karlsson, Johan; Potter, Hanna Karlsson; Martin, Michael; Metson, Geneviève. (2024) Environmental assessment of diets: overview and guidance on indicator choice. The Lancet Planetary Health
Academic literature review

2023

Gilad, Dafna; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2023) Quantifying Global Powerlines Impacts on Birds and Mammals.
Academic chapter
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Huang, Bo; Hu, Xiangping; Verones, Francesca; Cherubini, Francesco. (2023) Spatially and taxonomically explicit characterisation factors for greenhouse gas emission impacts on biodiversity. Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Academic article
Pierrat, Eleonore; Barbarossa, Valerio; Núñez, Montserrat; Scherer, Laura; Link, Andreas; Damiani, Mattia; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2023) Corrigendum to “Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment” [Sci. Total Environ. 854 (2023) 158702] (Science of the Total Environment (2023) 854, (S0048969722058016), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158702)). Science of the Total Environment
Corrigendum
Hellweg, Stefanie; Benetto, Enrico; Huijbregts, Mark A J; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard. (2023) Life-cycle assessment to guide solutions for the triple planetary crisis. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Academic literature review
Pierrat, Eleonore; Laurent, Alexis; Dorber, Martin; Rygaard, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Hauschild, Michael. (2023) Advancing water footprint assessments: Combining the impacts of water pollution and scarcity. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Gjedde, Philip; Koslowski, Maximilian; Woods, John Sebastian; Lonka, Radek; Stadler, Konstantin. (2023) MarINvaders: A web toolkit of marine species for use in environmental assessments. Ecosphere
Academic article
Hertwich, Edgar G.; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard; Wood, Richard John. (2023) Synsing om naturtap er lite fruktbart. Khrono.no
Editorial
Ojwang, Gordon O.; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Said, Mohammed Yahya; Ojwala, Merceline A.; Kifugo, Shem C.; Verones, Francesca; Graae, Bente Jessen; Buitenwerf, Robert; Olff, Han. (2023) An integrated hierarchical classification and machine learning approach for mapping land use and land cover in complex social-ecological systems. Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2023) Biodiversity.
Non-fiction chapter
Scherer, Laura; Rosa, Francesca; Sun, Zhongxiao; Michelsen, Ottar; Laurentiis, Valeria De; Marques, Alexandra; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca; Kuipers, Koen. (2023) Biodiversity Impact Assessment Considering Land Use Intensities and Fragmentation. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article

2022

Li, Dan; Dorber, Martin; Barbarossa, Valerio; Verones, Francesca. (2022) Global characterization factors for quantifying the impacts of increasing water temperature on freshwater fish. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Núñez, Montserrat; Rosa, Francesca; Scherer, Laura; Marques, Alexandra; Michelsen, Ottar; Barbarossa, Valerio; Jaffe, Benjamin; Pfister, Stephan. (2022) Global extinction probabilities of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species groups for use in Life Cycle Assessment. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Sanyé‑Mengual, E; Valente, António; Biganzoli, F; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Marques, Alexandra; Rodriguez, J Ortigosa; Laurentiis, Valeria De; Fazio, Simone; Sala, Serenella. (2022) Linking inventories and impact assessment models for addressing biodiversity impacts: mapping rules and challenges. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan; Dorber, Martin; Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Verones, Francesca. (2022) More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction. Communications Biology
Academic article
Askham, Cecilia; Pauna, Valentina; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Fantke, Peter; Jolliet, Olivier; Lavoie, Jerome; Booth, Andy; Coutris, Claire; Verones, Francesca; Weber, Miriam. (2022) Generating environmental sampling and testing data for micro- and nanoplastics for use in life cycle impact assessment. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan; Sicacha Parada, Jorge; Skarpaas, Olav; Verones, Francesca. (2022) Native range estimates for red-listed vascular plants. Scientific Data
Academic article
Pierrat, Eleonore; Barbarossa, Valerio; Núñez, Montserrat; Scherer, Laura; Link, Andreas; Damiani, Mattia; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2022) Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment. Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review

2021

Mair, Louise; Bennun, L; Brooks, Thomas M.; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Bolam, Friederike C.; Burgess, N.D.; Ekström, J; Milner-Gulland, E. J.; Hoffmann, M; Ma, K. (2021) A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets. Nature Ecology and Evolution
Academic article
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Hilbers, Jelle P; Garcia-Ulloa, John Alejandro; Graae, Bente Jessen; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Schipper, Aafke M.. (2021) Habitat fragmentation amplifies threats from habitat loss to mammal diversity across the world’s terrestrial ecoregions. One Earth
Academic article
Kuipers, Koen J.J.; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2021) Considering habitat conversion and fragmentation in characterisation factors for land-use impacts on vertebrate species richness. Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca. (2021) Global distribution of potential impact hotspots for marine plastic debris entanglement. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Trottier, Gabrielle; Turgeon, Katrine; Verones, Francesca; Boisclair, Daniel; Bulle, Cecile; Margni, Manuele. (2021) Empirical Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Assessment of the Impacts of Reservoir Occupation on Macroinvertebrate Richness across the United States. Sustainability
Academic article
May, Roelof Frans; Jackson, Craig Ryan; Middel, Heleen; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Verones, Francesca. (2021) Life-cycle impacts of wind energy development on bird diversity in Norway. Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
Hu, Xiangping; Huang, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco. (2021) Overview of recent land‐cover changes in biodiversity hotspots. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Academic article
Boulay, Anne-Marie; Verones, Francesca; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian. (2021) Marine plastics in LCA: current status and MarILCA’s contributions. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Editorial
Lonka, Radek; Verones, Francesca; Stadler, Konstantin. (2021) The MarINvaders Toolkit. Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS)
Academic article
Bjelle, Eivind Lekve; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard. (2021) Trends in national biodiversity footprints of land use. Ecological Economics
Academic article
Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca; Jolliet, Olivier; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Boulay, Anne-Marie. (2021) A framework for the assessment of marine litter impacts in life cycle impact assessment. Ecological Indicators
Academic article

2020

Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Nakaoka, Masahiro; Sudo, Kenji. (2020) Can we locate shrimp aquaculture areas from space? – A case study for Thailand. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (RSASE)
Academic article
Kija, Hamza; Ogutu, Joseph O; Mangewa, Lazaro J; Bukombe, John; Verones, Francesca; Graae, Bente Jessen; Kideghesho, Jafari Ramadhani; Said, Mohammed Yahya; Nzunda, Emmanuel F.. (2020) Spatio-Temporal Changes in Wildlife Habitat Quality in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem. Sustainability
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; Kuipers, Koen; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Global characterization factors for terrestrial biodiversity impacts of future land inundation in Life Cycle Assessment. Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
Huijbregts, Mark A. J.; Steinmann, Zoran J. N.; Elshout, Pieter M. F.; Stam, Gea; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Zijp, Michiel; Hollander, Anne; Zelm, Rosalie van. (2020) Correction to: ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level (The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, (2017), 22, 2, (138-147), 10.1007/s11367-016-1246-y). The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Corrigendum
Koslowski, Maximilian; Moran, Daniel; Tisserant, Alexandre; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard. (2020) Quantifying Europe's biodiversity footprints and the role of urbanization and income. Global Sustainability
Academic article
Laurent, Alexis; Weidema, Bo Pedersen; Bare, Jane; Liao, Xun; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Pizzol, Massimo; Sala, Serenella; Schreiber, Hanna; Thonemann, Nils; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase. Journal of Industrial Ecology
Academic article
Hu, Xiangping; Huang, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco. (2020) Overview of recent land cover changes in the biodiversity hotspots. EarthArxiv
Research report
Verones, Francesca; Hellweg, Stefanie; Anton, Assumpcio; Azevedo, Ligia B; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Cosme, Nuno; Cucurachi, Stefano; Baan, Laura de; Dong, Yang; Fantke, Peter. (2020) LC-IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method. Journal of Industrial Ecology
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; Arvesen, Anders; Gernaat, David; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Controlling biodiversity impacts of future global hydropower reservoirs by strategic site selection. Scientific Reports
Academic article
Liu, X; Bakshi, Bhavik R.; Rugani, Benedetto; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Bare, Jane; Johnston, John M; Laurent, Alexis; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Quantification and valuation of ecosystem services in life cycle assessment: Application of the cascade framework to rice farming systems. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
May, Roelof Frans; Middel, Heleen; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Jackson, Craig Ryan; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Global life-cycle impacts of onshore wind-power plants on bird richness. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Academic article

2019

Kuipers, Koen; May, Roelof Frans; Graae, Bente Jessen; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Reviewing the potential for including habitat fragmentation to improve life cycle impact assessments for land use impacts on biodiversity. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Woods, John Sebastian; Rødder, Gorm; Verones, Francesca. (2019) An effect factor approach for quantifying the entanglement impact on marine species of macroplastic debris within life cycle impact assessment. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Ecosystem damage from anthropogenic seabed disturbance: A life cycle impact assessment characterisation model. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Moran, Daniel; Petersone, Milda; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Do Amphibians and Cash Crops Compete for Scarce Water? A Spatial Correlation Analysis. Sustainability
Academic article
Kuipers, Koen; Hellweg, Stefanie; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Potential Consequences of Regional Species Loss for Global Species Richness: A Quantitative Approach for Estimating Global Extinction Probabilities. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Rugani, Benedetto; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Weidema, Bo Pedersen; Bare, Jane; Bakshi, Bhavik R.; Grann, Blane; Johnston, John M; Pavan, Ana Laura Raymundo; Liu, Xinyu; Laurent, Alexis. (2019) Towards integrating the ecosystem services cascade framework within the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) cause-effect methodology. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; Mattson, Kim Rainer; Sandlund, Odd Terje; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Quantifying net water consumption of Norwegian hydropower reservoirs and related aquatic biodiversity impacts in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article

2018

Dorber, Martin; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Modeling net land occupation of hydropower reservoirs in Norway for use in life cycle assessment. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Nakaoka, Masahiro; Sudo, Kenji; Namba, Mizuho; Shibata, Hideaki; Nakamura, Futoshi; Ishikawa, Satoshi; Makino, Mitsutaku; Yamano, Hiroya; Matsuzaki, Shin-ichiro S; Yamakita, Takehisa. (2018) TSUNAGARI: a new interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study toward conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecological Research
Academic article
Jolliet, Olivier; Antón, Assumpció; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Fantke, Peter; Levasseur, Annie; McKone, Thomas E.; Michelsen, Ottar; Canals, Llorenç Milà i; Motoshita, Masaharu. (2018) Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: impacts of climate change, fine particulate matter formation, water consumption and land use. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Verones, Francesca; Cherubini, Francesco. (2018) Integrating impacts on climate change and biodiversity from forest harvest in Norway. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Vicente Costa Laranjeiro, Tiago Filipe; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Impacts of onshore wind energy production on birds and bats: recommendations for future life cycle impact assessment developments. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Núñez, Montse; Rosenbaum, Ralph K; Karimpour, S; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Lathuilliere, Michael J; Margni, Manuele; Scherer, Laura; Verones, Francesca; Pfister, Stephan. (2018) A Multimedia Hydrological Fate Modeling Framework To Assess Water Consumption Impacts in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Pezzati, Lorenzo; Verones, Francesca; Curran, Michael P.; Baustert, Paul; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2018) Biodiversity Recovery and Transformation Impacts for Wetland Biodiversity. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Többen, Johannes Reinhard; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard; Moran, Daniel. (2018) A novel maximum entropy approach to hybrid monetary-physical supply-chain modelling and its application to biodiversity impacts of palm oil embodied in consumption. Environmental Research Letters
Academic article
Mutel, Christopher; Liao, Xun; Patouillard, Laure; Bare, Jane; Fantke, Peter; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Jolliet, Olivier; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Laurent, Alexis. (2018) Overview and recommendations for regionalized life cycle impact assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article

2017

Verones, Francesca; Bolowich, Alya Francesca; Ebata, Keigo; Boutson, Anukorn; Takafumi, Arimoto; Ishikawa, Satoshi. (2017) A case study of life cycle impacts of small-scale fishing techniques in Thailand. Cogent Environmental Science
Academic article
Woods, John Sebastian; Damiani, Mattia; Fantke, Peter; Henderson, Andrew; Johnston, John; Bare, Jane; Sala, Serenella; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Pfister, Stephan; Posthuma, Leo. (2017) Ecosystem Quality in LCIA: status quo, harmonization, and suggestions for the way forward. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Marques, Alexandra; Verones, Francesca; Kok, Marcel T.J.; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Pereira, Henrique M.. (2017) How to quantify biodiversity footprints of consumption? A review of multi-regional input–output analysis and life cycle assessment. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Academic literature review
Verones, Francesca; Moran, Daniel; Stadler, Konstantin; Kanemoto, Keiichiro; Wood, Richard. (2017) Resource footprints and their ecosystem consequences. Scientific Reports
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Pfister, Stephan; Zelm, Rosalie Van; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2017) Biodiversity impacts from water consumption on a global scale for use in life cycle assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Middel, Heleen; Verones, Francesca. (2017) Making Marine Noise Pollution Impacts Heard: The Case of Cetaceans in the North Sea within Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Sustainability
Academic article
Pfister, Stephan; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Berger, Markus; Hadjikakou, Michalis; Motoshita, Masaharu; Hess, Tim; Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Weinzettel, Jan; Scherer, Laura; Döll, Petra. (2017) Understanding the LCA and ISO water footprint: A response to Hoekstra (2016) ?A critique on the water-scarcity weighted water footprint in LCA?. Ecological Indicators
Commentary
Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Steinmann, Zoran J.N.; Elshout, Pieter M.F.; Stam, Gea; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Zijp, Michiel; Hollander, Anne; Zelm, Rosalie Van. (2017) ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Bare, Jane; Bulle, Cecile; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Hellweg, Stefanie; Henderson, Andrew; Jolliet, Olivier; Laurent, Alexis; Liao, Xun. (2017) LCIA framework and cross-cutting issues guidance within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
Gibon, Thomas; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Arvesen, Anders; Singh, Bhawna; Verones, Francesca. (2017) Health benefits, ecological threats of low-carbon electricity. Environmental Research Letters
Academic article
Sonderegger, Thomas; Dewulf, Jo; Fantke, Peter; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Pfister, Stephan; Stoessel, Franziska; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Weidema, Bo; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2017) Towards harmonizing natural resources as an area of protection in life cycle impact assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article

2016

Verones, Francesca; Pfister, Stephan; Berger, Markus. (2016) Water Use Analysis.
Non-fiction chapter
Pizzol, Massimo; Laurent, Alexis; Sala, Serenella; Weidema, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Koffler, Christoph. (2016) Normalisation and weighting in life cycle assessment: quo vadis?. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Huijbregts, MAJ; Steinmann, ZJN; Elshout, PMF; Stam, Gea; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Hollander, Anne; Zijp, Michiel; Zelm, Rosalie Van. (2016) ReCiPe 2016:A harmonized life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level Report I: Characterization. RIVM
Research report
Hilbers, Jelle P; Schipper, Aafke M.; Hendriks, A J; Verones, Francesca; Pereira, Henrique M; Huijbregts, Mark A J. (2016) An allometric approach to quantify the extinction vulnerability of birds and mammals. Ecology
Academic article
Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Pfister, Stephan; Manzardo, Alessandro; Bare, Jane; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Fantke, Peter; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Henderson, Andrew. (2016) Area of concern: a new paradigm in life cycle assessment for the development of footprint metrics. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Frischknecht, Rolf; Fantke, Peter; Tschümperlin, Laura; Niero, Monia; Anton, Assumpcio; Bare, Jane; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Hauschild, Michael; Henderson, Andrew. (2016) Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: progress and case study. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Douziech, Mélanie; Hellweg, Stefanie; Verones, Francesca. (2016) Are Wave and Tidal Energy Plants New Green Technologies?. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Gracey, Erik Olav; Verones, Francesca. (2016) Impacts from hydropower production on biodiversity in an LCA framework—review and recommendations. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Moran, Daniel; Petersone, Milda; Verones, Francesca. (2016) On the suitability of input–output analysis for calculating product-specific biodiversity footprints. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Woods, John Sebastian; Veltman, Karin; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Verones, Francesca; Hertwich, Edgar G.. (2016) Towards a meaningful assessment of marine ecological impacts in life cycle assessment (LCA). Environment International
Academic literature review

2015

Ridoutt, Bradley; Fantke, Peter; Pfister, Stephan; Bare, Jane; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Hellweg, Stefanie; Henderson, Andrew. (2015) Making Sense of the Minefield of Footprint Indicators. Environmental Science and Technology
Commentary
Chaudhary, Abhishek; Verones, Francesca; Baan, Laura de; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2015) Quantifying Land Use Impacts on Biodiversity: Combining Species–Area Models and Vulnerability Indicators. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Baan, Laura de; Koellner, Thomas; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2015) Harmonizing the Assessment of Biodiversity Effects from Land and Water Use within LCA. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Steinmann, Zoran J.N.; Elshout, Pieter M.F.; Stam, Gea; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Zelm, Rosalie Van. (2015) ReCiPe2015: a Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method at Midpoint and Endpoint Level. Report I: Characterisation Factors. Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University Nijmegen
Research report

Journal publications

Askham, Cecilia; Deville, Alejandro; Silva, Mafalda; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Boulay, Anne Marie; Corella-Puertas, Elena; Saadi, Nadim; Pauna, Valentina; Verones, Francesca; Kahhat, Ramzy. (2026) Expanding life cycle impact assessment to account for marine plastic emissions: a case study for the fishing industry. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Gjedde, Philip; Kramel, Diogo; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Strømman, Anders Hammer; Verones, Francesca. (2026) The impact of invasions from ballast water: A life cycle impact assessment method. Journal of Environmental Management (JEM)
Academic article
Zhang, Yeqing; Rasul, Kajwan; Verones, Francesca; Hertwich, Edgar. (2025) Quantifying the differences between EXIOBASE and FABIO for land use footprint studies: the case of beef consumption in six selected countries. Environmental Research: Food Systems
Academic article
Anderson, Sedona Rae; Stadler, Konstantin; Verones, Francesca. (2025) From Global Emissions to Local Impacts: Spatially Explicit Modeling of Ocean Acidification in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Kavak Gulbeyaz, Pinar; Philis, Gaspard; Dorber, Martin; Ziegler, Friederike; Verones, Francesca; Pettersen, Johan Berg. (2025) Life cycle impacts of salmon lice treatments in Norway on global biodiversity. Aquaculture
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan Simon; Gilad, Dafna; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2026) Renewable energy growth amplifies land pressure on Norwegian biodiversity. Cleaner Energy Systems
Academic article
Song, Fei; Dorber, Martin; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Verones, Francesca. (2026) Assessing the effect of microplastics on the marine ecosysteḿs carbon sequestration potential in life cycle assessment. Ecosystem Services
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan Simon; Gilad, Dafna; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2026) Renewable energy growth amplifies land pressure on Norwegian biodiversity. Cleaner Energy Systems
Academic article
Vodopia, Dorian; Verones, Francesca; Askham, Cecilia; Larsen, Roger B.. (2025) Ghost fishing catch estimates based on annual retrieval operations in Norwegian waters. Fisheries Research
Academic article
Marhoon, Ahmed Mohamed Jaffar Marhoon A; Murphy, Erin L.; Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Borgelt, Jan Simon; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca. (2025) An effect factor for macro- and microplastic ingestion impacts on marine ecosystems for use in life cycle assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin
Academic article
de Visser, Sif; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2025) Scaling effects on material demand in hydropower: Implications for life cycle inventory modeling. Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Bolowich, Alya Francesca; Ebata, Keigo; Boutson, Anukorn; Takafumi, Arimoto; Ishikawa, Satoshi. (2017) A case study of life cycle impacts of small-scale fishing techniques in Thailand. Cogent Environmental Science
Academic article
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Borgelt, Jan Simon; Mostert, Philip Stanley; Murakawa, Shawn K.; Martin, Summer L.; Gelman, Jon; Lynch, Jennifer M.; Verones, Francesca. (2025) Marine debris impacts on Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas): High prevalence of hook-and-line fishing gear in strandings. Marine Pollution Bulletin
Academic article
Marhoon, Ahmed Mohamed Jaffar Marhoon A; Las Heras Hernandez, Miguel; Billy, Romain Guillaume; Mueller, Daniel Beat; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Mapping Plastic and Plastic Additive Cycles in Coastal Countries: A Norwegian Case Study. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Mair, Louise; Bennun, L; Brooks, Thomas M.; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Bolam, Friederike C.; Burgess, N.D.; Ekström, J; Milner-Gulland, E. J.; Hoffmann, M; Ma, K. (2021) A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets. Nature Ecology and Evolution
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Modeling net land occupation of hydropower reservoirs in Norway for use in life cycle assessment. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Stadler, Konstantin; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Disentangling marine plastic impacts in Life Cycle Assessment: Spatially explicit Characterization Factors for ecosystem quality. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Nakaoka, Masahiro; Sudo, Kenji; Namba, Mizuho; Shibata, Hideaki; Nakamura, Futoshi; Ishikawa, Satoshi; Makino, Mitsutaku; Yamano, Hiroya; Matsuzaki, Shin-ichiro S; Yamakita, Takehisa. (2018) TSUNAGARI: a new interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study toward conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecological Research
Academic article
Kuipers, Koen; May, Roelof Frans; Graae, Bente Jessen; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Reviewing the potential for including habitat fragmentation to improve life cycle impact assessments for land use impacts on biodiversity. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Jolliet, Olivier; Antón, Assumpció; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Fantke, Peter; Levasseur, Annie; McKone, Thomas E.; Michelsen, Ottar; Canals, Llorenç Milà i; Motoshita, Masaharu. (2018) Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: impacts of climate change, fine particulate matter formation, water consumption and land use. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Verones, Francesca; Cherubini, Francesco. (2018) Integrating impacts on climate change and biodiversity from forest harvest in Norway. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Vicente Costa Laranjeiro, Tiago Filipe; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Impacts of onshore wind energy production on birds and bats: recommendations for future life cycle impact assessment developments. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Hilbers, Jelle P; Garcia-Ulloa, John Alejandro; Graae, Bente Jessen; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Schipper, Aafke M.. (2021) Habitat fragmentation amplifies threats from habitat loss to mammal diversity across the world’s terrestrial ecoregions. One Earth
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; Scherer, Laura; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Midpoint characterization factors to assess impacts of turbine water use from hydropower production. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Gilad, Dafna; Borgelt, Jan Simon; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Biodiversity on the line: life cycle impact assessment of power lines on birds and mammals in Norway. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Academic article
Woods, John Sebastian; Rødder, Gorm; Verones, Francesca. (2019) An effect factor approach for quantifying the entanglement impact on marine species of macroplastic debris within life cycle impact assessment. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Gilad, Dafna; Borgelt, Jan Simon; May, Roelof Frans; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Biodiversity impacts of Norway's renewable electricity grid. Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
Pizzol, Massimo; Laurent, Alexis; Sala, Serenella; Weidema, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Koffler, Christoph. (2016) Normalisation and weighting in life cycle assessment: quo vadis?. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Huang, Bo; Hu, Xiangping; Verones, Francesca; Cherubini, Francesco. (2023) Spatially and taxonomically explicit characterisation factors for greenhouse gas emission impacts on biodiversity. Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Academic article
Pierrat, Eleonore; Barbarossa, Valerio; Núñez, Montserrat; Scherer, Laura; Link, Andreas; Damiani, Mattia; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2023) Corrigendum to “Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment” [Sci. Total Environ. 854 (2023) 158702] (Science of the Total Environment (2023) 854, (S0048969722058016), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158702)). Science of the Total Environment
Corrigendum
Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Nakaoka, Masahiro; Sudo, Kenji. (2020) Can we locate shrimp aquaculture areas from space? – A case study for Thailand. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (RSASE)
Academic article
Vodopia, Dorian; Verones, Francesca; Askham, Cecilia; Larsen, Roger Bertram. (2024) Retrieval operations of derelict fishing gears give insight on the impact on marine life. Marine Pollution Bulletin
Academic article
Kuipers, Koen J.J.; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2021) Considering habitat conversion and fragmentation in characterisation factors for land-use impacts on vertebrate species richness. Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
Hellweg, Stefanie; Benetto, Enrico; Huijbregts, Mark A J; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard. (2023) Life-cycle assessment to guide solutions for the triple planetary crisis. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Academic literature review
Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Ecosystem damage from anthropogenic seabed disturbance: A life cycle impact assessment characterisation model. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Woods, John Sebastian; Damiani, Mattia; Fantke, Peter; Henderson, Andrew; Johnston, John; Bare, Jane; Sala, Serenella; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Pfister, Stephan; Posthuma, Leo. (2017) Ecosystem Quality in LCIA: status quo, harmonization, and suggestions for the way forward. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Casagrande, Naiara; Silva, Carla O.; Verones, Francesca; Sobral, Paula; Martinho, Graca. (2024) Ecotoxicity effect factors for plastic additives on the aquatic environment: a new approach for life cycle impact assessment. Environmental Pollution
Academic article
Li, Dan; Dorber, Martin; Barbarossa, Valerio; Verones, Francesca. (2022) Global characterization factors for quantifying the impacts of increasing water temperature on freshwater fish. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Núñez, Montserrat; Rosa, Francesca; Scherer, Laura; Marques, Alexandra; Michelsen, Ottar; Barbarossa, Valerio; Jaffe, Benjamin; Pfister, Stephan. (2022) Global extinction probabilities of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species groups for use in Life Cycle Assessment. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Marques, Alexandra; Verones, Francesca; Kok, Marcel T.J.; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Pereira, Henrique M.. (2017) How to quantify biodiversity footprints of consumption? A review of multi-regional input–output analysis and life cycle assessment. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Academic literature review
Pierrat, Eleonore; Laurent, Alexis; Dorber, Martin; Rygaard, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Hauschild, Michael. (2023) Advancing water footprint assessments: Combining the impacts of water pollution and scarcity. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Kija, Hamza; Ogutu, Joseph O; Mangewa, Lazaro J; Bukombe, John; Verones, Francesca; Graae, Bente Jessen; Kideghesho, Jafari Ramadhani; Said, Mohammed Yahya; Nzunda, Emmanuel F.. (2020) Spatio-Temporal Changes in Wildlife Habitat Quality in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem. Sustainability
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; Kuipers, Koen; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Global characterization factors for terrestrial biodiversity impacts of future land inundation in Life Cycle Assessment. Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
Hilbers, Jelle P; Schipper, Aafke M.; Hendriks, A J; Verones, Francesca; Pereira, Henrique M; Huijbregts, Mark A J. (2016) An allometric approach to quantify the extinction vulnerability of birds and mammals. Ecology
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Moran, Daniel; Stadler, Konstantin; Kanemoto, Keiichiro; Wood, Richard. (2017) Resource footprints and their ecosystem consequences. Scientific Reports
Academic article
Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Pfister, Stephan; Manzardo, Alessandro; Bare, Jane; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Fantke, Peter; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Henderson, Andrew. (2016) Area of concern: a new paradigm in life cycle assessment for the development of footprint metrics. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Gilad, Dafna; May, Roelof Frans; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Between the lines: Life cycle impact assessment models of collision and electrocution impacts of power lines on bird diversity in Norway. Journal of Industrial Ecology
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Gjedde, Philip; Koslowski, Maximilian; Woods, John Sebastian; Lonka, Radek; Stadler, Konstantin. (2023) MarINvaders: A web toolkit of marine species for use in environmental assessments. Ecosphere
Academic article
Moran, Daniel; Petersone, Milda; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Do Amphibians and Cash Crops Compete for Scarce Water? A Spatial Correlation Analysis. Sustainability
Academic article
Lebrun, Marion Naia; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Henderson, Andrew D. (2025) Novel Endpoint Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Terrestrial Acidification. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Sanyé‑Mengual, E; Valente, António; Biganzoli, F; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Marques, Alexandra; Rodriguez, J Ortigosa; Laurentiis, Valeria De; Fazio, Simone; Sala, Serenella. (2022) Linking inventories and impact assessment models for addressing biodiversity impacts: mapping rules and challenges. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca. (2021) Global distribution of potential impact hotspots for marine plastic debris entanglement. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Pfister, Stephan; Zelm, Rosalie Van; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2017) Biodiversity impacts from water consumption on a global scale for use in life cycle assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Trottier, Gabrielle; Turgeon, Katrine; Verones, Francesca; Boisclair, Daniel; Bulle, Cecile; Margni, Manuele. (2021) Empirical Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Assessment of the Impacts of Reservoir Occupation on Macroinvertebrate Richness across the United States. Sustainability
Academic article
Huijbregts, Mark A. J.; Steinmann, Zoran J. N.; Elshout, Pieter M. F.; Stam, Gea; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Zijp, Michiel; Hollander, Anne; Zelm, Rosalie van. (2020) Correction to: ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level (The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, (2017), 22, 2, (138-147), 10.1007/s11367-016-1246-y). The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Corrigendum
Ridoutt, Bradley; Fantke, Peter; Pfister, Stephan; Bare, Jane; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Hellweg, Stefanie; Henderson, Andrew. (2015) Making Sense of the Minefield of Footprint Indicators. Environmental Science and Technology
Commentary
Middel, Heleen; Verones, Francesca. (2017) Making Marine Noise Pollution Impacts Heard: The Case of Cetaceans in the North Sea within Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Sustainability
Academic article
May, Roelof Frans; Jackson, Craig Ryan; Middel, Heleen; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Verones, Francesca. (2021) Life-cycle impacts of wind energy development on bird diversity in Norway. Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
Pfister, Stephan; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Berger, Markus; Hadjikakou, Michalis; Motoshita, Masaharu; Hess, Tim; Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Weinzettel, Jan; Scherer, Laura; Döll, Petra. (2017) Understanding the LCA and ISO water footprint: A response to Hoekstra (2016) ?A critique on the water-scarcity weighted water footprint in LCA?. Ecological Indicators
Commentary
Frischknecht, Rolf; Fantke, Peter; Tschümperlin, Laura; Niero, Monia; Anton, Assumpcio; Bare, Jane; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Hauschild, Michael; Henderson, Andrew. (2016) Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: progress and case study. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Casagrande, Naiara; Verones, Francesca; Sobral, Paula; Martinho, Graça. (2024) Physical properties of microplastics affecting the aquatic biota: A review. Environmental Advances
Academic literature review
Kuipers, Koen; Hellweg, Stefanie; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Potential Consequences of Regional Species Loss for Global Species Richness: A Quantitative Approach for Estimating Global Extinction Probabilities. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Koslowski, Maximilian; Moran, Daniel; Tisserant, Alexandre; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard. (2020) Quantifying Europe's biodiversity footprints and the role of urbanization and income. Global Sustainability
Academic article
Hu, Xiangping; Huang, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco. (2021) Overview of recent land‐cover changes in biodiversity hotspots. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Academic article
Laurent, Alexis; Weidema, Bo Pedersen; Bare, Jane; Liao, Xun; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Pizzol, Massimo; Sala, Serenella; Schreiber, Hanna; Thonemann, Nils; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase. Journal of Industrial Ecology
Academic article
Boulay, Anne-Marie; Verones, Francesca; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian. (2021) Marine plastics in LCA: current status and MarILCA’s contributions. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Editorial
Chaudhary, Abhishek; Verones, Francesca; Baan, Laura de; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2015) Quantifying Land Use Impacts on Biodiversity: Combining Species–Area Models and Vulnerability Indicators. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Douziech, Mélanie; Hellweg, Stefanie; Verones, Francesca. (2016) Are Wave and Tidal Energy Plants New Green Technologies?. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Rugani, Benedetto; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Weidema, Bo Pedersen; Bare, Jane; Bakshi, Bhavik R.; Grann, Blane; Johnston, John M; Pavan, Ana Laura Raymundo; Liu, Xinyu; Laurent, Alexis. (2019) Towards integrating the ecosystem services cascade framework within the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) cause-effect methodology. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Hellweg, Stefanie; Anton, Assumpcio; Azevedo, Ligia B; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Cosme, Nuno; Cucurachi, Stefano; Baan, Laura de; Dong, Yang; Fantke, Peter. (2020) LC-IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method. Journal of Industrial Ecology
Academic article
Lonka, Radek; Verones, Francesca; Stadler, Konstantin. (2021) The MarINvaders Toolkit. Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS)
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan; Dorber, Martin; Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Verones, Francesca. (2022) More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction. Communications Biology
Academic article
Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Steinmann, Zoran J.N.; Elshout, Pieter M.F.; Stam, Gea; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Zijp, Michiel; Hollander, Anne; Zelm, Rosalie Van. (2017) ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; Arvesen, Anders; Gernaat, David; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Controlling biodiversity impacts of future global hydropower reservoirs by strategic site selection. Scientific Reports
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Bare, Jane; Bulle, Cecile; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Hellweg, Stefanie; Henderson, Andrew; Jolliet, Olivier; Laurent, Alexis; Liao, Xun. (2017) LCIA framework and cross-cutting issues guidance within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
Gracey, Erik Olav; Verones, Francesca. (2016) Impacts from hydropower production on biodiversity in an LCA framework—review and recommendations. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Liu, X; Bakshi, Bhavik R.; Rugani, Benedetto; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Bare, Jane; Johnston, John M; Laurent, Alexis; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Quantification and valuation of ecosystem services in life cycle assessment: Application of the cascade framework to rice farming systems. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan Simon; Dorber, Martin; Géron, Charly; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Huijbregts, Mark A. J.; Verones, Francesca. (2024) What Is the Impact of Accidentally Transporting Terrestrial Alien Species? A New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Model. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Askham, Cecilia; Pauna, Valentina; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Fantke, Peter; Jolliet, Olivier; Lavoie, Jerome; Booth, Andy; Coutris, Claire; Verones, Francesca; Weber, Miriam. (2022) Generating environmental sampling and testing data for micro- and nanoplastics for use in life cycle impact assessment. Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
Baulaz, Yoann; Araignous, Emma; Perez-Lopez, Paula; Douziech, Mélanie; Quillien, Nolwenn; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Development of a collision impact indicator to integrate in the life cycle assessment of offshore wind farms. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Verones, Francesca; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Baan, Laura de; Koellner, Thomas; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2015) Harmonizing the Assessment of Biodiversity Effects from Land and Water Use within LCA. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Gibon, Thomas; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Arvesen, Anders; Singh, Bhawna; Verones, Francesca. (2017) Health benefits, ecological threats of low-carbon electricity. Environmental Research Letters
Academic article
Hertwich, Edgar G.; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard; Wood, Richard John. (2023) Synsing om naturtap er lite fruktbart. Khrono.no
Editorial
Stranddorf, Liv; Verones, Francesca; Olsen, Stig Irving. (2025) Benefits and impacts of offshore wind farms on benthic marine biodiversity in a life cycle assessment context. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Gjedde, Philip; Carrer, Fabio; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Effect factors for marine invasion impacts on biodiversity. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Bjelle, Eivind Lekve; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard. (2021) Trends in national biodiversity footprints of land use. Ecological Economics
Academic article
Ojwang, Gordon O.; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Said, Mohammed Yahya; Ojwala, Merceline A.; Kifugo, Shem C.; Verones, Francesca; Graae, Bente Jessen; Buitenwerf, Robert; Olff, Han. (2023) An integrated hierarchical classification and machine learning approach for mapping land use and land cover in complex social-ecological systems. Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Academic article
Núñez, Montse; Rosenbaum, Ralph K; Karimpour, S; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Lathuilliere, Michael J; Margni, Manuele; Scherer, Laura; Verones, Francesca; Pfister, Stephan. (2018) A Multimedia Hydrological Fate Modeling Framework To Assess Water Consumption Impacts in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Pezzati, Lorenzo; Verones, Francesca; Curran, Michael P.; Baustert, Paul; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2018) Biodiversity Recovery and Transformation Impacts for Wetland Biodiversity. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
May, Roelof Frans; Middel, Heleen; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Jackson, Craig Ryan; Verones, Francesca. (2020) Global life-cycle impacts of onshore wind-power plants on bird richness. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Academic article
Moran, Daniel; Petersone, Milda; Verones, Francesca. (2016) On the suitability of input–output analysis for calculating product-specific biodiversity footprints. Ecological Indicators
Academic article
Többen, Johannes Reinhard; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard; Moran, Daniel. (2018) A novel maximum entropy approach to hybrid monetary-physical supply-chain modelling and its application to biodiversity impacts of palm oil embodied in consumption. Environmental Research Letters
Academic article
Mutel, Christopher; Liao, Xun; Patouillard, Laure; Bare, Jane; Fantke, Peter; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Jolliet, Olivier; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Laurent, Alexis. (2018) Overview and recommendations for regionalized life cycle impact assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Borgelt, Jan; Sicacha Parada, Jorge; Skarpaas, Olav; Verones, Francesca. (2022) Native range estimates for red-listed vascular plants. Scientific Data
Academic article
Sonderegger, Thomas; Dewulf, Jo; Fantke, Peter; Souza, Danielle Maia de; Pfister, Stephan; Stoessel, Franziska; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Weidema, Bo; Hellweg, Stefanie. (2017) Towards harmonizing natural resources as an area of protection in life cycle impact assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
Pierrat, Eleonore; Barbarossa, Valerio; Núñez, Montserrat; Scherer, Laura; Link, Andreas; Damiani, Mattia; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2022) Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment. Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
de Visser, Sif; Barbarossa, Valerio; Keijzer, Tamara; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2025) Characterizing dam fragmentation impacts on freshwater fish within life cycle impact assessment. Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
Dorber, Martin; Mattson, Kim Rainer; Sandlund, Odd Terje; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2019) Quantifying net water consumption of Norwegian hydropower reservoirs and related aquatic biodiversity impacts in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
Ran, Ylva; Cederberg, Christel; Jonell, Malin; Bergmann, Kristina; Boer, Imke De; Einarsson, Rasmus; Karlsson, Johan; Potter, Hanna Karlsson; Martin, Michael; Metson, Geneviève. (2024) Environmental assessment of diets: overview and guidance on indicator choice. The Lancet Planetary Health
Academic literature review
Scherer, Laura; Rosa, Francesca; Sun, Zhongxiao; Michelsen, Ottar; Laurentiis, Valeria De; Marques, Alexandra; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca; Kuipers, Koen. (2023) Biodiversity Impact Assessment Considering Land Use Intensities and Fragmentation. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Woods, John Sebastian; Veltman, Karin; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Verones, Francesca; Hertwich, Edgar G.. (2016) Towards a meaningful assessment of marine ecological impacts in life cycle assessment (LCA). Environment International
Academic literature review
Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca; Jolliet, Olivier; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Boulay, Anne-Marie. (2021) A framework for the assessment of marine litter impacts in life cycle impact assessment. Ecological Indicators
Academic article

Part of book/report

Gilad, Dafna; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2023) Quantifying Global Powerlines Impacts on Birds and Mammals.
Academic chapter
Verones, Francesca; Pfister, Stephan; Berger, Markus. (2016) Water Use Analysis.
Non-fiction chapter
Maga, Daniel; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Verones, Francesca; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Corella-Puertas, Elena; Askham, Cecilia. (2025) Consideration of Plastic Emissions in Life Cycle Assessments.
Academic chapter
Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2023) Biodiversity.
Non-fiction chapter

Report

Huijbregts, MAJ; Steinmann, ZJN; Elshout, PMF; Stam, Gea; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Hollander, Anne; Zijp, Michiel; Zelm, Rosalie Van. (2016) ReCiPe 2016:A harmonized life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level Report I: Characterization. RIVM
Research report
Hu, Xiangping; Huang, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco. (2020) Overview of recent land cover changes in the biodiversity hotspots. EarthArxiv
Research report
Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Steinmann, Zoran J.N.; Elshout, Pieter M.F.; Stam, Gea; Verones, Francesca; Vieira, Marisa; Zelm, Rosalie Van. (2015) ReCiPe2015: a Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method at Midpoint and Endpoint Level. Report I: Characterisation Factors. Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University Nijmegen
Research report

Student thesis or dissertation

Pastor-Vallés, Elisa; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Verones, Francesca; Tranell, Maria Gabriella. (2026) Environmental Sustainability Analysis and Circular Economy in Silicon Metallurgy. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Marhoon, Ahmed Mohamed Jaffar Marhoon A; Verones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin. (2026) Quantifying the Norwegian Plastic Cycle and Its Impacts: Integrating Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment to Guide Policy. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis

Teaching

Courses

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