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March-April 2026 LC Net is now available

Find the latest news from the Life Cycle Initiative, announcements from the Life Cycle community, events, jobs, and more....
March 23, 2026
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Call for Proposals (deadline April 19): Textile Life Cycle Inventory Database for India

This is a call for Project Proposals for the development of a National Textile Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) database for India under the framework of the UNEP InTex Programme in......
March 2, 2026
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Bringing Life Cycle Thinking to Brazilian Universities: The UFSCar Experience 

Bringing Life Cycle Thinking to Brazilian Universities: The UFSCar Experience  The Life Cycle Initiative’s e-learning modules on Life Cycle Thinking aim to make life-cycle knowledge widely accessible by providing clear, practical introductions to life-cycle......
February 11, 2026
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Biogenic Carbon Project Phase 2 kicks off

Thank you very much to all our – literally hundreds of – stakeholders for the great deal of interest in UNEP Life Cycle Initiative Biogenic Carbon Project as well as......
February 6, 2026
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January-February 2026 LC Net Newsletter

  View this email in your browser January/February 2026 Edition Contents LC Net Focus Announcements Project & Activity Updates Life Cycle Community News Life Cycle Event Calendar Job Announcements Contact us: [email protected] www.lifecycleinitiative.org......
January 16, 2026

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