Life Cycle Assessment: Solar Lamps (2025) 2/3

Summary

This report, titled 'Life Cycle Assessment of Solar Lamps', dated 20.06.2025, aims to evaluate the environmental impacts of solar lamps in humanitarian contexts, focusing on climate effects, human health, and plastic leakage, proposing strategies for reduction.

Content

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by Climate Action Accelerator, ICRC, EPFL, and LEURE on the use of plastic jerrycans vs. plastic buckets, typical core relief items used in humanitarian contexts. 

The materials are available for download as: 

Download 1: Summary of the LCA of Solar Lamps (2025) 

Download 2: Output Document of the LCA of Solar Lamps (2025) 

Download 3: Technical Appendis of the LCA of Solar Lamps (2025) 

The WREC has made these documents available here but they are also available directly via the Climate Action Accelerator's website here. 

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