The 28th session of the Informal Working Group on Automotive Life Cycle Assessment convened on 8th October 2025 from 12:00 to 15:00 via web. The agenda includes welcome and introduction, adoption of the agenda and last meeting minutes, review of open issues, review of all development of amendment proposal, and discussion of whether to keep the original schedule or extend activities until next GRPE.

“Hotspot” means a process or stage within a defined boundary exhibiting GHG emissions significantly higher than the average. A process or stage shall be included in the calculation if recognized as necessary to satisfy the requirement definition of the cut-off rule in 7.13, even if not considered a hotspot in GHG emissions calculation. Hotspots are defined in the 2017 UNEP report, and hotspot definition may be revised considering updated references.