GX & Decarbonization Research

Zecheng Li, Siti Hafizah Ab Hamid, Qingsong Hou +3

This study examines state-dependent connectedness across climate, energy uncertainty and carbon returns around the EU ETS (2011–2024). Average connectedness is modest, with allowances mainly receiving shocks, but spillovers intensify in tai…

Arya Roy Bardhan, Shoba Suri, Nitin Rao +3

This paper proposes a Scope 3 performance index for measuring upstream value-chain emissions in agribusiness. While upstream carbon pricing and resource scarcity raise costs, comprehensive Scope 3 accounting helps firms anticipate regulator…

Thi Tuyet Mai Vu, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thu, Thi Lan Anh Nguyen +1

Using 1990–2023 annual data for Portugal, this study applies a Nonlinear ARDL framework to examine asymmetric links among urbanization, trade openness, growth, renewable energy, innovation, and CO2 emissions. Positive shocks to growth and u…

Novendi Arkham Mubtadi, Sri Iswati

This article addresses the normative gap between Sharia governance, focused on contract-level compliance, and global ESG reporting standards that omit Islamic legal norms. Drawing on maqāṣid al-sharīʿah (preservation of life, intellect, lin…

Γεώργιος Λιάπης

This paper analyzes the connectivity between financial and ESG reporting. Greece's Law 5164/2024 mandates sustainability disclosure, integrating annual financial statements with sustainability reports. It explains ESRS double materiality an…

Angie Tatiana Rios Jaimes

This study examines the applicability of ESG, GRI and ISSB reporting frameworks in Colombia's agro-industrial sector. Using a mixed method—bibliometric analysis of Scopus/WoS publications plus systematic review of strategic approaches—it an…

Surjit Singh

This article examines how energy dependence shaped Indian diplomacy toward Russia and the West after the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war. Discounted Russian crude helped stabilize inflation, refining margins, and supply security, letting India bala…

Ian Parry, Simon Black, Nate Vernon-Lin +1

This chapter addresses two central challenges to the acceptability of mitigation strategy: household burdens and the competitiveness/emissions leakage effects on trade-exposed firms. It reviews methodologies for estimating household burdens…

Monica Crippa, Diego Guizzardi, Enrico Pisoni +20

EDGAR_2026_GHG is the 2026 release of the JRC-IEA harmonised global GHG emissions database, covering CO2, CH4, N2O and F-gases by country and sector, with fossil and bio CO2 reported separately. It integrates IEA, FAO, USGS and other activi…

Hunter Hughes

Falling solar, wind and battery costs have made clean power the cheapest option in most emerging economies, shifting the binding constraint from hardware to systems—financing, grids, standards and skills. Financing accounts for roughly half…

Andrianna Baleha, Iryna Taliian, Zhanibek Mukhanov

Post-2022, EU energy transition gained geopolitical weight, shifting energy diplomacy from supply security toward strategic autonomy and regulatory influence. Analyzing EU–Kazakhstan cooperation, the paper finds the EU promotes Kazakhstan's…

Felipe Husadel Poyer, Polyanna da Conceição Bispo, Paula Conde Santos Borba +6

Using remote sensing, this study quantifies land use and land cover change (LUCC) in over 120 Brazilian municipalities hosting wind and solar plants, before and after deployment. It finds statistically significant correlation and causality …

Marta Cimatti, Andrea Sacchi, Moreno Di Marco

This study models combined extinction risk for mammals and loss of Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) under SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5 warming scenarios, integrating life-history traits with climate and land-use predictors. It finds 52.3% of…

João Pedro Cardoso, Mafalda C. Silva, Felix Creutzig +7

This CircEUlar deliverable presents five policy briefs on circular economy for climate mitigation, outlining their drafting process, evidence base, and cross-cutting recommendations. It synthesizes key messages and shows how the briefs were…

Ian Parry, Simon Black, Nate Vernon-Lin +1

This chapter reviews mitigation opportunities, costs, and policies, mainly in the energy sector. It examines the rationale and design of carbon pricing (carbon taxes and ETSs), including supply-chain application points, cost uncertainty, re…

Thanh Nguyen Vinh

Using PVAR and dynamic panel threshold models for seven countries (2002–2022), this study examines the non-linear link between energy public–private partnerships (PPPIE) and climate risk. PPPIE shocks raise climate risk transitorily, peakin…

Bakhrombek Khamrokulov

This paper examines solar energy's role in the global economy and its impact on the power sector, using Uzbekistan as a case study. It analyzes the shift to renewables, solar's advantages, and environmental damage prevention, concluding sol…

Justice Adjei Owusu, Gurcan Comert, Negash Begashaw +3

This chapter integrates energy diversification metrics and technological innovation into decarbonization frameworks to assess community resilience. Using EIA and DOE datasets, it applies reliability indices (CAIDI, SAIDI, SAIFI) and energy-…

Mohammed Shitu

Nigeria holds abundant solar, wind, hydro and biomass resources yet remains fossil-fuel dependent due to weak policy frameworks, financing gaps, technical capacity shortages, infrastructure limits and low public awareness. Drawing on IRENA,…

Emmanuel B. Lwankomezi

This briefing examines Tanzania's strategies for transitioning from charcoal to clean cooking energy. Barriers are not merely financial or technical but socio-cultural: costly LPG and electricity, cultural resistance, weak institutional sup…