Chris West

Biographic Data

ID3588213
NAMEChris West
GIVEN NAMESChris
FAMILY NAMEWest
SIGNATUREWEST C
AFFILIATIONSStockholm Environment Institute
ORCID0000-0002-5091-6514
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS21
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Power and sustainability governance in the soy-animal protein global value chain

    Paulina Flores-Martínez, Tony Heron et al.ARTICLEReview of International Political…2026References: 63

  • Critical intervention points for European adaptation to cascading climate change impacts

    Open AccessCornelia Auer, Christopher Reyer et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2025

    In an interconnected world, climate change impacts can cascade across sectors and regions, creating systemic risks. Here we analyse cascading climate change impacts on the EU, originating from outside the region, and identify critical intervention points for adaptation. Using network analysis, we integrate stakeholder-co-produced impact chains with quantitative data for 102 countries across foreign policy, human security, trade and finance. Our a…

  • Assessing the value of biodiversity‐specific footprinting metrics linked to South American soy trade

    Open AccessAmy Molotoks, Jonathan Green et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2024

    International demand for a small handful of commodities is a major driver of tropical deforestation and associated biodiversity loss. Previous commitments to reduce commodity‐driven deforestation have largely failed, yet there are currently various proposals in place globally, which aim to address the challenge of reducing overseas environmental impacts of supply chains. However, many of these are highly focused on the issue of deforestation alon…

  • The European Union and United Kingdom's deforestation-free supply chains regulations

    Open AccessSusan E M Cesar de Oliveira, Louise Nakagawa et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2023Cited by: 12References: 3

    This paper analyses the potential implications of the proposed European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and the recently adopted United Kingdom (UK) legislation on deforestation-free supply chains (henceforth ‘the legislation’) for different stakeholders in Brazil. These regulations intend to address global commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation by ensuring that targeted commodities and products placed on (or exported from) m…

  • Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

    Open AccessFlorence Pendrill, Toby Gardner et al.ARTICLEScience2022

    Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems, climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it is well established that agriculture is a dominant driver of deforestation, rates and mechanisms remain disputed and often lack a clear evidence base. We synthesize the best available pantropical evidence to provide clarity on how agriculture drives deforestation. Alt…

  • Impacts of climate change on global food trade networks

    Open AccessJohanna Hedlund, Henrik Carlsen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022

    Countries’ reliance on global food trade networks implies that regionally different climate change impacts on crop yields will be transmitted across borders. This redistribution constitutes a significant challenge for climate adaptation planning and may affect how countries engage in cooperative action. This paper investigates the long-term (2070–2099) potential impacts of climate change on global food trade networks of three key crops: wheat, ri…

  • Trading deforestation—why the legality of forest-risk commodities is insufficient

    Open AccessTiago N P dos Reis, Vinicius Guidotti et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021

    Consumer countries and blocs, including the UK and the EU, are defining legal measures to tackle deforestation linked to commodity imports, potentially requiring imported goods to comply with the relevant producer countries’ land-use laws. Nonetheless, this measure is insufficient to address global deforestation. Using Brazil’s example of a key exporter of forest-risk commodities, here we show that it has ∼3.25 Mha of natural habitat (storing ∼15…

  • A conceptual framework for cross-border impacts of climate change

    Open AccessTimothy R Carter, Magnus Benzie et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2021Cited by: 9References: 1

    Climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability studies tend to confine their attention to impacts and responses within the same geographical region. However, this approach ignores cross-border climate change impacts that occur remotely from the location of their initial impact and that may severely disrupt societies and livelihoods. We propose a conceptual framework and accompanying nomenclature for describing and analysing such cross-borde…

  • Understanding the Stickiness of Commodity Supply Chains Is Key to Improving Their Sustainability

    Open AccessTiago N P dos Reis, Patrick Meyfroidt et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2020

  • Using supply chain data to monitor zero deforestation commitments

    Open AccessErasmus K H J zu Ermgassen, Ben Ayre et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2019

    Zero deforestation commitments (ZDCs) are voluntary initiatives where companies or countries pledge to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. These commitments offer much promise for sustainable commodity production, but are undermined by a lack of transparency about their coverage and impacts. Here, using state-of-the-art supply chain data, we introduce an approach to evaluate the impact of ZDCs, linking traders and international mark…

  • Evaluating the Use of a Carbon Footprint Calculator

    Open AccessSarah West, Sarah E West et al.ARTICLEJournal of Industrial Ecology2016

    Through an increasingly globalized supply chain, local consumption of goods and services has impacts around the world. The carbon footprint can be used to link local consumption to global greenhouse gas emissions. This study describes the development and use of REAP Petite, a household‐level footprint calculator. We describe how the tool integrates geodemographic information with user‐inputted data; allows users to compare their footprint with ot…