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Perú LCA: launching the Peruvian national life cycle database

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Acknowledgments

Perú LCA is a product of team work within PELCAN and between PELCAN and other institutions. Thus, the authors thank the contributions from Kurt Ziegler-Rodriguez, Alexis Dueñas, Marco Gusukuma, Isabel Quispe, Daniel Verán-Leigh, Gustavo Larrea-Gallegos, H. Scott Mathews, and Bruce Vigon, as well as staff from the Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) and UN Environment. Finally, the Resource Efficiency through Application of Life Cycle Thinking (REAL) project is thanked for funding a workshop on GLAD in Lima in November 2017.

Funding

Perú LCA was funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) project. The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) supports this initiative based on a decision adopted by the German Bundestag.

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  1. Peruvian LCA Network (PELCAN), Department of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Av. Universitaria 1801, 15088, Lima, Peru

    Ian Vázquez-Rowe & Ramzy Kahhat

  2. Resource Efficiency Officer, UN Environment, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Building 103, Av. Morse, City of Knowledge, Clayton, Panama, Panama

    Ignacio Sánchez

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Vázquez-Rowe, I., Kahhat, R. & Sánchez, I. Perú LCA: launching the Peruvian national life cycle database. Int J Life Cycle Assess 24, 2089–2090 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01668-w

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