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Published in final edited form as: Int J Life Cycle Assess. 2019 May 1;24(5):856–865. doi: 10.1007/s11367-018-1539-4

Table 2.

Weighting proxies to upscale the native CF to country, continental and global CF for regional and local impact categories (non-exhaustive list)

Impact categories	Elementary flow type	LC-Impact	IMPACT World +	ReCiPe 2016
Photochemical ozone formation	Emission (kg)	Annual flow quantity	NR ^a	Annual flow quantity
Particulate matter formation	Emission (kg)	Annual flow quantity	Population count	Annual flow quantity
Terrestrial acidification	Emission (kg)	Annual flow quantity	Annual flow quantity	Annual flow quantity
Aquatic acidification	Emission (kg)	NA ^a	Annual flow quantity	NA ^a
	Emission (kg)	- Emissions from fertilizer and manure applications - Crop area (for erosion)	Population count	Population count
Marine eutrophication	Emission (kg)	NA ^a	Airborne Annual flow quantity	NA ^a
Terrestrial eutrophication	Emission (kg)	NA ^a	NA ^a	NA ^a
Land stress	Land occupation (area occupied over time, m²/yr.), land transformation (area transformed, m²)	Total ecoregion area (biodiversity indicator)	- Ecoregion area used for each land use type - Area of climate zones or of Holridge life zones used for each land use type	NR ^a
Water stress / water use	Water consumption (m³)	Water consumption	Water consumption	Water consumption
Ionizing radiation	Emission (Bq)	NR ^a	NR ^a	NR ^a

NR = not regionalized; NA = not available yet