GX & Decarbonization Research

Hellen Luisa De Castro e Silva, David Bantje, Gunnar Luderer +5

This paper proposes a methodology to develop and harmonize narratives for projecting demand and supply of raw materials critical for energy and digital transitions. It aims to ensure consistency across scenarios, supporting policy-making an…

Lazury Chakma

This paper examines the implementation of ESG practices at a branch of United Commercial Bank in Bangladesh, based on an internship experience. It assesses alignment with GRI standards and sustainable finance policies, highlighting operatio…

G. Silambarasan, Gautam Shivaraj

AI holds promise for climate action but involves significant environmental costs from energy, water, and e-waste. This chapter critiques AI's dual role and proposes an integrated evaluation framework using life-cycle assessment and rebound …

Rosalind Cavaghan

This paper summarizes gendered issues in the energy transition (ET), highlighting the centrality of extractive industries in both fossil fuel and renewable economies. Negative effects of fossil fuel phase-out include employment impacts and …

Rudra Anand Swant, Tanmay Jitendra Tambe, Ayush Rajkumar Munot +1

Explores AI's dual role in climate action: as a tool for mitigation/adaptation and as an environmental burden. Proposes an energy-aware responsible AI framework integrating technical efficiency, environmental responsibility, policy alignmen…

Kenny Kutu, Sonali Das, Rangan Gupta

This paper evaluates South Africa's Draft Policy on Agriculture in Sustainable Development through five ESG-related pillars, identifying shortcomings. By comparing policies from five countries, it concludes that integrating local policies w…

Ananya Pandey, Achyutananda Mishra

This paper discusses the necessity of integrating ESG principles into corporate financial practices to address climate change. It highlights the financial gap in achieving the Paris Agreement goals and analyzes policy frameworks and financi…

QianJun Yu

This document presents a full-spectrum human climate stabilization architecture that expands beyond a Direct Air Capture minimization frame. It organizes climate action into strict accounting categories: avoided emissions, protected carbon …

Jay Zarnikau

This review examines empirical evidence on how ETS price signals drive decarbonisation in the power sector and interact with overlapping policies (e.g., renewables subsidies). It highlights the importance of policy coherence for carbon pric…

Terwilliger, Joel

This brief critically evaluates the EU Cities Mission approach using the 3Ms lens (Myths, Mechanisms, Productive Margins) and introduces the Governance Innovation Tripod. It synthesizes insights on net zero governance and proposes a four-pa…

Terwilliger, Joel

This paper examines mission governance for net zero, drawing on 16 stakeholder interviews in Bristol and comparative insights from EU Cities Mission cities. It finds that mission delivery depends on sustained cross-sector alignment and 'peo…

Terwilliger, Joel

This brief presents Bristol's cross-sector toolkit for just net zero transition governance, including the Four-Lens Model and Tripod Approach. It compares city-level and community-level visions, finding structural misalignment in impact fra…

zin lin, ohn, Aye, HninYiAye, Štěpanec, Libor +1

This paper critically reviews the ASEAN Power Grid (APG) as a decarbonization catalyst, proposing a three-layer digitally coupled grid architecture integrating physical transmission, AI/ML forecasting, and digital market layers. It provides…

Zauner, Christoph

This talk presents electrification of industrial furnaces to replace fossil fuels with renewable electricity, aiming for carbon-neutral steel processing. Concrete examples from GreenBricks and NEFI-Greensteel projects demonstrate feasibilit…

Colombo NZ

This paper presents the first global cross-walk between school locations and active transition mineral mining operations, covering 1.29 million schools in 49 countries. It finds that approximately 3.91 million primary-school-aged children a…

González-Mora E, Durán-García MD

This study evaluates a 2.5 MWth parabolic trough solar collector system for industrial process heat in a tequila factory in Mexico. The optimal design achieves a 32% solar fraction, 33.5% CO2 reduction, and a levelized cost of heat 16.3% be…

Andrlić B, Šostar M, Budimir V

This study uses Analytic Hierarchy Process to evaluate six investment alternatives for sustainable rural development in emerging markets. While financial and risk criteria dominated decision weights, renewable energy ranked highest. Policy-…

Harshul Singhal, Ali Badiei

This study develops a utility-calibrated whole-building energy model for a London restaurant to test decarbonization retrofit packages. Results show that building-focused measures improve operational carbon by 24%, but process loads from ki…

H. Saleeb, Mohamed F. Baroma, Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz +1

This study evaluates three configurations of a solar-hydrogen-battery hybrid system for a university campus in Egypt. Scenario 3 (PV, battery, hydrogen, grid) achieves 75.7% renewable fraction and near 100% supply reliability, though with h…

Simor, István

This paper presents a critical life-cycle assessment (LCA) of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), showing that their sustainability depends heavily on grid composition, battery supply-chain burdens, and usage patterns. On low-carbon grids, BE…