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Warum der Agrarhandel das Artensterben beschleunigt Durch Agrarhandelsabkommen wie Mercosur wird ein Teil der europäischen Landwirtschaft in tropische Länder ausgelagert – mit schwerwiegenden Folgen: Denn der Schaden für die Biodiversität ist in diesen Regionen um ein Hundertfaches größer. [read more]

While the Hashtag#GRO24 discusses material resource use and its environmental impacts on the global and regional scale, data at country level underpins the analyses in Chapters 2 and 3. [read more]

Exporting agricultural products from tropical regions to China, the USA, the Middle East, and Europe is three times more harmful to biodiversity than previously assumed. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the ETH Zurich have shown this by tracking how agricultural exports… [read more]

A recently published study led by Livia Cabernard in Nature Sustainability, reveals how increasing agri-food imports are driving biodiversity loss in tropical regions. Find out how restoration efforts in some areas are outsourcing environmental impacts to vulnerable biodiversity hotspots—and why… [read more]

We are excited to share that Veronika Schlosser, one of our PhD candidates represented SAFAS and presented our research at this year's LCA Food conference in Barcelona. [read more]

Veronika took part in the Science Slam Contest of the School of Life Science. With a slam on "A burger speaks out: Unveiling the Environmental Impact of Agriculture and Biodiversity" she depicted the impact of our food system on biodiversity. [read more]

In this episode of Plastic Podcast, host Clark Marchese delves into the intricate relationship between plastics and climate change with Dr. Livia Cabernard. They explore how the lifecycle of plastics, especially those powered by coal, significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. [read more]

We're thrilled to share that the SETAC Europe Young Scientist LCA Award was awarded to Prof. Livia Cabernard for her exceptional achievements in the field of life cycle assessment. [read more]

Livia Cabernard stresses the need to change consumption habits alongside accelerating the transition to renewable energies. [read more]

Livia Cabernard contributes to a Yale Climate Connections report highlighting the alarming doubling of the plastics industry's carbon footprint [read more]