List of works by Stephan Pfister

A new method for analyzing sustainability performance of global supply chains and its application to material resources

scientific article published on 05 May 2019

A new water footprint calculation method integrating consumptive and degradative water use into a single stand-alone weighted indicator

A planetary boundary-based method to assess freshwater use at the global and local scales

scientific article published in 2022

A revised approach to water footprinting to make transparent the impacts of consumption and production on global freshwater scarcity

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Accounting for a scarce resource: virtual water and water footprint in the global water system

Area of concern: a new paradigm in life cycle assessment for the development of footprint metrics

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Assessing the Environmental Impact of Water Consumption by Energy Crops Grown in Spain

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Assessing the environmental impacts of freshwater consumption in LCA.

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Assessing the environmental impacts of freshwater thermal pollution from global power generation in LCA.

scientific article published on 23 December 2016

Biodiversity impacts from salinity increase in a coastal wetland

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Biodiversity impacts from water consumption on a global scale for use in life cycle assessment

Bringing it all together: linking measures to secure nations’ food supply

COMPARISON OF BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN APPROACHES TO CALCULATING THE WATER FOOTPRINTS OF NATIONS

Characterization Factors for Water Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Based on Freshwater Fish Species Extinction

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Characterization factors for thermal pollution in freshwater aquatic environments.

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Consensus building on the development of a stress-based indicator for LCA-based impact assessment of water consumption: outcome of the expert workshops

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Consistent characterisation factors at midpoint and endpoint relevant to agricultural water scarcity arising from freshwater consumption

Correction to Characterization Factors for Thermal Pollution in Freshwater Aquatic Environments

scholarly article published in Environmental Science & Technology

Correction to GIS-Based Regionalized Life Cycle Assessment: How Big Is Small Enough? Methodology and Case Study of Electricity Generation

scholarly article published in Environmental Science & Technology

Criticality of Water: Aligning Water and Mineral Resources Assessment

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Dealing with uncertainty in water scarcity footprints

Does South-to-North Water Transfer Reduce the Environmental Impact of Water Consumption in China?

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Effects of consumptive water use on biodiversity in wetlands of international importance.

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Environmental impacts of Jatropha curcas biodiesel in India

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Environmental impacts of thermal emissions to freshwater: spatially explicit fate and effect modeling for life cycle assessment and water footprinting

Environmental impacts of water use in global crop production: hotspots and trade-offs with land use.

scientific article published on 6 June 2011

Estimating water consumption of potential natural vegetation on global dry lands: building an LCA framework for green water flows.

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Footprints and safe operation space: walk the line?

scientific article published on 4 August 2014

GIS-based regionalized life cycle assessment: how big is small enough? Methodology and case study of electricity generation.

scientific article published on 27 December 2011

Giving Legs to Handprint Thinking: Foundations for Evaluating the Good We Do

scientific article published in June 2020

Global Biodiversity Loss by Freshwater Consumption and Eutrophication from Swiss Food Consumption.

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Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: impacts of climate change, fine particulate matter formation, water consumption and land use

Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: progress and case study

Global thermal pollution of rivers from thermoelectric power plants

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Global water footprint assessment of hydropower

Hydropower's Biogenic Carbon Footprint

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Impacts of river water consumption on aquatic biodiversity in life cycle assessment--a proposed method, and a case study for Europe.

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LCIA framework and cross-cutting issues guidance within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative

scientific article published on 01 September 2017

Large-scale hydrological modeling for calculating water stress indices: implications of improved spatiotemporal resolution, surface-groundwater differentiation, and uncertainty characterization

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Life cycle inventory and carbon and water FoodPrint of fruits and vegetables: application to a Swiss retailer

scientific article (publication date: 20 March 2012)

Making Sense of the Minefield of Footprint Indicators

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

Measuring ecological impact of water consumption by bioethanol using life cycle impact assessment

Metals for low-carbon technologies: Environmental impacts and relation to planetary boundaries

scientific article published in 2022

Method Development for Including Environmental Water Requirement in the Water Stress Index

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Modeling the local biodiversity impacts of agricultural water use: case study of a wetland in the coastal arid area of Peru

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Modelling spatially explicit impacts from phosphorus emissions in agriculture

Projected water consumption in future global agriculture: scenarios and related impacts

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Quantifying area changes of internationally important wetlands due to water consumption in LCA.

scientific article published on 21 August 2013

Reducing humanity's water footprint

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Response to Fang and Heijungs

scientific article published in 2014

Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment

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Sorafenib plus valproic acid for infant spinal glioblastoma

scientific article published on August 2010

Spatially Explicit Analysis of Biodiversity Loss Due to Global Agriculture, Pasture and Forest Land Use from a Producer and Consumer Perspective

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Teleconnecting Consumption to Environmental Impacts at Multiple Spatial Scales

article published in 2014

The WULCA consensus characterization model for water scarcity footprints: assessing impacts of water consumption based on available water remaining (AWARE)

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The water "shoesize" vs. footprint of bioenergy

scientific article (publication date: September 2009)

Towards an Integrated Family of Footprint Indicators

scientific article published in 2013

Towards harmonizing natural resources as an area of protection in life cycle impact assessment

Uncertainty analysis of the environmental sustainability of biofuels

Value Choices in Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Stressors Causing Human Health Damage

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Virtual scarce water in China.

scientific article published on 23 June 2014

Water Footprint Symposium: where next for water footprint and water assessment methodology?

article by Martin R. Tillotson et al published 2 July 2014 in International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Water footprint: pitfalls on common ground

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

Water scarcity assessments in the past, present, and future

scientific article published on 21 March 2017