Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Resilience of Maritime Infrastructure: A Conceptual Approach
Modern Technologies Enabling Innovative Methods for Maritime Monitoring and Strengthening Resilience in Maritime Critical Infrastructures 2024
Aivis Kļaviņš, Maksims Feofilovs, Francesco Romagnoli, Vladimirs Kirsanovs

The maritime sector is transitioning towards the ambitious targets of the European Green Deal, aiming to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This transition involves significant decarbonization efforts, particularly in ports which are key hubs for international trade and transportation. The incorporation of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology helps evaluate GHG emissions across the full lifecycle of fuels (“Well-to-Wake”), guiding sustainable fuel use and infrastructure development, while building maritime infrastructure resilience involves integrating risk assessment of threats from natural disasters, cyber-attacks, terrorism, and other disruptions. Integration of the two approaches (LCA and Risk assessment) has the potential for building maritime infrastructure resilience and at the same time finding optimal strategies for meeting the sustainability goals. This paper reviews the current state of maritime sector towards meeting European Green Deal targets and analysis exiting research on building resilience of maritime infrastructure. Finally, based on existing findings in literature, the paper suggests integrating risk assessment within LCA, moving towards a probabilistic LCAs in maritime sector.


Keywords
LCA, Risk assessment
DOI
10.3233/NICSP240017
Hyperlink
https://ebooks.iospress.nl/doi/10.3233/NICSP240017

Kļaviņš, A., Feofilovs, M., Romagnoli, F., Kirsanovs, V. Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Resilience of Maritime Infrastructure: A Conceptual Approach. In: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - D: Information and Communication Security. Vol.65: Modern Technologies Enabling Innovative Methods for Maritime Monitoring and Strengthening Resilience in Maritime Critical Infrastructures. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2024. pp.20-42. ISBN 978-1-64368-525-0. e-ISBN 978-1-64368-526-7. Available from: doi:10.3233/NICSP240017

Publication language
English (en)
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