2008 to 2011

Reports and Book Chapters

B. Cohen, 2009, Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption and Production and Resource Efficiency into Development Planning. Paris: United Nations Environment Programme. Click here to download.

R. Kempener, B. Cohen, L. Basson, and J. Petrie, 2009, A Framework for Analysis of Industrial Networks, in Dynamics of Industrial Ecosystems, M. Ruth and B. Davidsdottir (eds), UK: Edward Elgar Publishers, ISBN 978 1 84720 742 5.

Journal articles

D. Giurco, B. Cohen, E. Langham, M. Warnken, 'Backcasting energy futures using industrial ecology', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 78, 2011, pp 797-818.

B. Cohen, 'A Guidance Framework for Mainstreaming Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption and Production in a Developing Country Context', Environment, Development and Sustainability, 12, pp. 1051-1068, 2010.

C. Kennedy, J. Steinberger, B. Gasson, Y. Hansen, T. Hillman, M. Havranek, D. Pataki, A. Phdungsilp, A. Ramaswami and G. Vilalba Mendez (2010) Methodology for inventorying greenhouse gas emissions from global cities. Energy Policy, 38 (9), September, pp. 4828-4837.

C. Kennedy, J. Steinberger, B. Gasson, Y. Hansen, T. Hillman, M. Havranek, D. Pataki, A. Phdungsilp, A. Ramaswami and G. Vilalba Mendez (2009) Greenhouse gas emissions from global cities. Environmental Science and Technology, 43 (19), pp 7297-7302.

Y. Hansen, J.L. Broadhurst and J.G. Petrie (2008) Modelling leachate generation and mobility from copper sulphide tailings - An integrated approach to impact assessment. Minerals Engineering, 21 28-301.

J. Beck, R. Kempener, B. Cohen, JG Petrie (2008), A Complex Systems Approach to Planning, Optimization and Decision Making for Energy Networks: A South African Bio-energy Case Study, Energy Policy, 36, pp 2803-2813.

Conference Proceedings

C. Bergh and B. Cohen, Energy Efficiency In The South African Oil Refiniing Industry, Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy, Cape Town, 15-17 August 2011.

O. Johnston, B. Cohen and J. Broadhurst, A methodology for the improved management of energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions within South Africa's mineral industry, Minerals Processing 2011, Cape Town, 4-5 August 2011.

B Verster, B Cohen, STL Harrison, Biotech in sanitation: polymers from wastewater, Cape Biotechnology Forum 2010, 24 - 26 March 2010, Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West.

O. Johnston, B. Cohen and J. Broadhurst, Decision making on greenhouse gas mitigation and energy efficiency in South Africa's gold and platinum industries, Minerals Processing 2011, Cape Town, 4-6 August 2010.

D. Giurco, E. Langham, M. Warnken and B. Cohen, Future scenarios (Latrobe Valley) for a carbon-constrained world: using streamlined LCA to contrast impacts, presented at 15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference "Taking up the Global Challenge", 5-8 July 2009, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

P. Notten, Unit Process Data - Building more relevant LCAs for developing economies, presented at the 4th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, Cape Town, 6-9 September 2009.

B. Cohen, P. Sinclair, Y. Hansen and L. Basson, Stakeholder Engagement within the sustainability assessment of bioenergy: case studies from the UK, presented at the 4th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, Cape Town, 6-9 September 2009.

T. Mashile, H. von Blottnitz and B. Cohen, A life cycle assessment of biodiesel in the context of the coal-to-liquids industry, presented at the 4th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, Cape Town, 6-9 September 2009.