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Abstract
   Decarbonization roadmaps have been accepted among common strategies for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. However, these plans tend not to employ any detailed environmental evaluation, particularly life cycle assessment, in their creation. The consequence of omitting LCA is that the decarbonization plans can only measure the impacts during operation and thus overlook the other sections' impacts; therefore, the climate change mitigation accomplishment that was set for the plan is unattainable from the beginning. 
   This dissertation introduces and demonstrates approaches for overcoming challenges in implementing LCA for the energy transition in 4 chapters. First, a methodological framework for conducting geospatial LCA to manage uncertainty in emerging energy technology LCAs is introduced. Next, the climate change impacts are calculated for a piezoelectric energy harvesting generator as an emerging technology that includes both uncertainty and variability parameters. The third study measures the impacts of energy system processes that were not included in the most recent state decarbonization plan for California. Lastly, the global warming potential of thousands of natural gas well pads across New Mexico were determined. 
   Overall, all the outcomes of these studies demonstrate that conducting advanced geospatial LCA and proper interpretation of uncertainties in the system is necessary to genuinely achieve the decarbonization plans' goals. 
   

Biography
   Amir Sharafi is a PhD Candidate in the Environmental Systems graduate program at UC Merced. He graduated from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden with an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2013. In line with his interest in mitigating global warming consequences that threaten human survival on Earth, he has been studying the carbon footprints of energy systems since 2009. After joining UC Merced, Amir continued his studies, which revolved around designing and evaluating energy systems.

 

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