GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 14 contributing scholarly metadata sources and uses AI-assisted classification to identify signals related to measurement, policy narratives, outcomes, implementation, industrial adoption, and verification.
The goal is not only to discover papers, but to observe how GX research is distributed across research substance, implementation narratives, external expectations, implementation substance, and judgment formation.
Summaries are AI-assisted. Always refer to the original paper for authoritative conclusions.
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT2026#Carbon PricingDOI
The impact of environmental tax and emission trading system on environmental quality in OECD countries
Saoussen Aguir Bargaoui, Wejden Fatnassi
This study assesses the impact of carbon taxes and emissions trading systems (ETS) on CO2 emissions in 31 OECD countries using a dynamic panel approach. It finds that neither instrument alone significantly reduces emissions, but combining t…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalHumanities and Social Sciences Communications2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Regional impacts of carbon pricing on emission transfers: A multi-regional CGE analysis of China’s yellow river basin
Yongqiang Zhang, Lingli Qi, Longsheng Wu
This study uses a multi-regional CGE model to analyze how carbon pricing (80, 140, 200 CNY/t) affects production-, consumption-, and trade-based emissions and interprovincial transfers in China's Yellow River Basin. Resource-intensive upstr…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalCell Reports Sustainability2026#AI × ESGDOI
Redirecting capital to overcome global renewable energy investment imbalances for a just energy transition
Simin Huang, Lin Yang, Jing Meng +4
This study develops a machine-learning optimization framework to quantify how five enabling technologies (hydrogen, storage, grids, electrified transport, CCUS) shape decarbonization, equity, and resilience goals. It finds investment distri…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnergy Conversion and Management X2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Policy efficiency in maritime decarbonization: the role of emission taxes in energy transition considering the Arctic Sea Route
Wenyi Ding, Ryuichi Shibasaki, Trang Thi Thu Tran
This study analyzes the impact of emission taxes on optimal sailing speed, fuel choice, and route competitiveness between the Arctic Sea Route and Suez Canal Route. Comparing VLSFO, LNG, and HFO, it finds that a tax of 250 USD/ton incentivi…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEuropean Journal of Agronomy2026#OtherDOI
Rice-animal co-culture systems enhance soil organic carbon fraction dynamics and drive carbon sequestration: A meta‑analysis
Chen Kaiyang, Feng Jinfei, Li Fengbo +4
This meta-analysis quantifies the effect of rice-animal co-culture on soil organic carbon fractions and carbon sequestration. It provides evidence that integrated farming enhances soil carbon storage, contributing to climate change mitigati…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalImperial College Research Computing Service Data Repository2026#PolicyDOI
The seventh carbon budget inquiry
Cait Hewitt, Rosie Allen, Ajay Gambhir +7
This submission assesses the Climate Change Committee's recommendations for the 7th carbon budget, evaluating key assumptions, technology choices, and economic implications, and finds the approach reasonable and well-evidenced.
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalCATENA2026#blue_carbonDOI
Unravelling saltmarsh organic carbon sources: biomarker-isotopic integration for credible blue carbon accounting
Jinge Zhou, Hua He, Han Chen +13
This study develops an integrated biomarker-isotopic approach to trace organic carbon sources in saltmarshes, distinguishing autochthonous from allochthonous carbon. The method enhances the accuracy and credibility of blue carbon accounting…
🌍 GlobalJournal2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Flexible Operation for Low-Carbon Power Systems
Canada Foundation for Innovation | Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation
This paper explores flexible operation methods for low-carbon power systems. It likely proposes operational strategies to facilitate renewable energy integration and maintain grid stability.
Preprint🌍 GlobalHAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)2026#Transition Finance
Does Transition Finance Absorb or Transmit Critical-Material Risk? Green Bonds, Rare-Earth Markets, and Geopolitical Supply Concentration
Stéphane Goutte, Lisa Depraiter, Jelena Jovovic +1
This paper examines whether green bonds hedge or amplify rare earth element (REE) price risk using 2018-2025 data. It applies DCC-GARCH, Markov-switching models, and wavelet coherence. Results show that while green bonds offer diversificati…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalInternational Journal For Multidisciplinary Research2026#Disclosure InfrastructureDOI
Assessing Climate Risk Disclosure Quality in ESG Reporting under International Sustainability Standards Board S2: Evidence from The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo
Siona Malik, Jude Kurniawan
This study evaluates climate risk disclosure quality in ESG reports from The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo using the ISSB S2 framework. Both companies meet formal requirements, but PepsiCo provides more detailed and transparent reporting, e…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalFINANCIAL REPORTING2026#AI × ESGDOI
Stakeholder engagement in the development of sustainability standards: Evidence from EFRAG and ISSB comment letters
Alessandro Sura, EMANUELE DI VENTURA
This study compares stakeholder engagement in EFRAG and ISSB sustainability standard-setting using NLP. Sentiment and topic analysis of comment letters reveals that EFRAG shows balanced sentiment and broader thematic focus, while ISSB empha…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalClimate Policy2026#PolicyDOI
Assessing the impact of climate and green industrial policy mixes on eco-innovation
Carmen Heinrich
This study analyzes climate policy mixes and environmental innovation (EI) across 13 OECD countries including Japan using a Bayesian hierarchical model. It finds that the overall size of the policy mix is the strongest predictor of higher E…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnvironmental Research Letters2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Projected futures for the consumption of metals and non-metallic minerals
Anke Frederike Arp, Vassilis Daioglou, Luja von Köckritz +7
Using an integrated assessment model combined with stock-driven dynamic material flow analysis, this study projects future global consumption of metals (steel, aluminum, copper) and non-metallic minerals (cement, sand, limestone, clay) unde…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalChem Circularity2026#Energy TransitionDOI
A new iron age? The potential role of iron fuel in Europe’s clean energy transition
Julia Schuler, Armin Ardone, Viktor Slednev +1
This paper examines the potential role of iron fuel in Europe's clean energy transition. Iron is a high-density energy carrier that can be produced from renewable energy and burns without carbon emissions. It is positioned as a promising te…
Peer-reviewed🇺🇸 USAJournalEnvironmental Research Letters2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Filling the monitoring gap: Aquatic ecosystem metabolism as a cost-effective, scalable tool for assessing marine carbon dioxide removal
Emily J. Chua, Hilary I. Palevsky
This paper proposes using aquatic ecosystem metabolism, calculated from low-cost oxygen sensors, as a cost-effective MRV tool for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). It reviews the successful use of metabolism in environmental management …
Preprint🌍 GlobalWorld Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences2025#construction_materialsDOI
Integration of Recycled and Local Materials in Low-Carbon Urban Structures
Shadia Jahan Ria, MD Shoag, Elma Akter +1
This study investigates the feasibility of integrating recycled and locally sourced low-carbon materials (e.g., recycled concrete aggregates, bamboo, compressed earth blocks) into urban structures. Through life-cycle assessments and enginee…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalGlobal Environmental Politics2026#PolicyDOI
Make or Brake on the Paris Agreement? Accelerating Climate Ambition Trajectories
William Hopkinson
This article is the first to use qualitative comparative analysis to examine variation in NDC ambition among OECD states. It finds that low fossil fuel interests and non-left partisanship can overcome institutional barriers for ambitious ND…
Preprint🌍 GlobalEnvironmental Science & Technology2025#Carbon AccountingDOI
Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Global Building Material Intensity Revealed for Circular and Low-Carbon Construction
Qiance Liu, Xin Ouyang, Wensong Zhu +6
This study compiles a global database of building material intensity (MIB) with 3051 records standardized in kg/m2 for 31 materials. It shows that despite increases in floor area and building height, the use of lightweight materials has kep…
🌍 GlobalJournal2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Introduction
Han Phoumin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Youngho Chang +1
This introduction reviews the global carbon pricing landscape per the World Bank's 2025 report: 80 carbon taxes and ETS now cover 28% of global emissions. For emission-intensive industries such as steel, cement, mining, and power, early ado…
🇪🇺 EuropeJournal2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Trading the bark spread
Owain Johnson
Remco Frenken describes his career integrating trading strategy with physical power plant operations, pioneering the 'bark spread' (coal-biomass co-firing). He details the complexity of biomass trading due to physical constraints and lack o…