Market information in life cycle assessment
Figure 1.4. Relationship between the distinctions retrospective/prospective
and attributional/consequential.
Attributional
Consequential
Retrospective
Allocation of responsibility to past
actions (Who shall we blame for the
way things are?)
Causal explanation of consequences of
past actions (What would have
happened if we had or had not done
this?)
Prospective
Allocation of responsibility for
future actions (Who shall we blame
for the way things will become?)
Causal explanation of likely
consequences of future actions (What
will happen if we do or don’t do this?)
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