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Neus Escobar
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Fellow - Main Research Field:
Agri-food production systems, bioeconomy, environmental footprints, land use change, life cycle assessment, sustainable production and consumption. - BC3 Research Line:
2. Research Line Low Carbon,2.1. Research Group Assessment/Methodology tools - Contact information:
Email address: neus.escobar@bc3research.org
Contact phone: +34 94 401 46 90 / Ext. 192 - Scopus Author ID: 56222039700
- ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7644-8790
Short CV
Neus Escobar is an Agricultural Engineer by training, with a major in environmental and natural resource management. She holds a PhD in Food Science, Technology, and Management from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), with an International PhD Mention. She started at BC3 in 2022 with a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF). Previously, Neus Escobar was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) at the University of Bonn (Germany), and a Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. Her research focuses on the combination of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) analysis and global economic modelling for the estimation of the impacts and land-use spillovers of agri-food production and trade.
At BC3, Neus Escobar has been working on the EU H2020 MSCA-IF Project GIFTS (Global Interlinkages in Food Trade Systems). She is currently contributing to several projects including collaborations with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and the Horizon EU projects CLEVER (Creating Leverage to Enhance Biodiversity Outcomes of Global Biomass Trade) and ACCLIMATE (Accelerating Climate Action Towards a Low-Emissions Climate-Resilient Future). She collaborates with FAO's Livestock Division as an agri-food trade expert and remains a Guest Research Scholar at IIASA.
Journal Articles
- 2024
- Escobar, N., Seber, G., Skalsky, R., Wögerer, M., Jung, M., Malina, R. 2024. Spatially-explicit land use change emissions and carbon payback times of biofuels under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Science of the Total Environment. 948. DOI (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174635).
- Escobar, N., Valin, H., Frank, S., Galperin, D., Wade, C.M., Ringwald, L., Tanner, D., Hinkel, N., Havlík, P., Baker, J.S., Lie, S., Ramig, C. 2024. Understanding Uncertainty in Market-Mediated Responses to US Oilseed Biodiesel Demand: Sensitivity of ILUC Emission Estimates to GLOBIOM Parametric Uncertainty. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI (10.1021/acs.est.3c09944).
- Haddad, S., Escobar, N., Bruckner, M., Britz, W. 2024. Subsidizing extensive cattle production in the European Union has major implications for global agricultural trade and climate change. Journal of Cleaner Production. 448. DOI (10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141074).
- Minetto Gellert Paris, J., Escobar, N., Falkenberg, T., Gupta, S., Heinzel, C., Verly Junior, E., Jolliet, O., Borgemeister, C., Nöthlings, U. 2024. Optimised diets for achieving One Health: A pilot study in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolis in Germany. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 106. DOI (10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107529).
- Rouhette, T., Escobar, N., Zhao, X., Sanz, M.J., van de Ven, D.J. 2024. Limits to forests-based mitigation in integrated assessment modelling: global potentials and impacts under constraining factors. Environmental Research Letters. 19. (11) DOI (10.1088/1748-9326/ad7748).
- 2022
- Kokemohr, L., Escobar, N., Mertens, A., Mosnier, C., Pirlo, G., Veysset, P., Kuhn, T. 2022. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of European beef production systems based on a farm-level optimization model. Journal of Cleaner Production. 379. DOI (10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134552).
Affiliation previous to BC3
Seber, G., Escobar, N., Valin, H., Malina, R. 2022. Uncertainty in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of sustainable aviation fuels from vegetable oils. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 170: 112945. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112945.Paris, J.M.G., Falkenberg, T., Nöthlings, U., Heinzel, C., Borgemeister, C, Escobar, N. 2022. Changing dietary patterns is necessary to improve the sustainability of Western diets from a One Health perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 811: 151437. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151437.
Escobar, N., Bautista, I., Peña, N., Fenollosa, M.L., Osca, J.M., Sanjuan, N. 2022. Life Cycle Thinking for the environmental and financial assessment of rice management systems in the Senegal River Valley. Journal of Environmental Management, 310: 114722. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114722.
Stark S, Biber-Freudenberger L, Dietz T, Escobar N, Förster JJ, Henderson J, Laibach N, Börner J. 2022. Sustainability implications of transformation pathways for the bioeconomy. Sustainable Production and Consumption 29: 215-227. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2021.10.011
Escobar N, Britz W. 2021. Metrics on the sustainability of region-specific bioplastics production, considering global land use change effects. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167: 105345. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105345.
Escobar N, Laibach N. 2021. Sustainability check for bio-based technologies: a review of process-based and life cycle approaches. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 135: 110213. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110213.
Nong D, Escobar N, Britz W, Börner J. 2020. Long-term impacts of bio-based innovation in the chemical sector: A dynamic global perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 272: 122738. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122738.
Eggemann L, Escobar N, Peters R, Burauel P, Stolten D. 2020. Life cycle assessment of a small-scale methanol production system: A Power-to-Fuel strategy for biogas plants. Journal of Cleaner Production, 271: 122476. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122476.
Escobar N, Tizado EJ, zu Ermgassen EKHJ, Löfgren P, Börner J, Godar J. 2020. Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil's soy exports. Global Environmental Change, 62: 102067. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102067.
Escobar N, Haddad S, Börner J, Britz W. 2018. Land use mediated GHG emissions and spillovers from increased consumption of bioplastics. Environmental Research Letters, 13: 125005. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaeafb.