GX & Decarbonization Research

Awuor Ponge, Aisha Adhiambo Awuor

This paper analyzes Africa's green industrialization as a transformative pathway to reconcile economic growth with ecological preservation. By leveraging renewable energy, local processing of transition minerals, and the African Continental…

NewClimate Institute, Wageningen University and Research, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

The Climate Policy Database (CDPB) is an open, collaborative tool that tracks the implementation status of climate policies globally. Maintained by NewClimate Institute and partners, it is accessible via a website and Python API, supporting…

Kailash Chand Choudhary, Sakshi Rajput, Atul Choudhary +3

Agriculture accounts for about 23% of global GHG emissions, primarily from CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide. This paper proposes an AI-enabled smart carbon farming system to achieve climate-positive agriculture by optimizing carbon sequestra…

Shengwen Zhu, Yicen Lu, Xiyu Zhou +1

This study uses PSM-DID to analyze the short-term impact of the EU CBAM transition period on ESG environmental scores of Chinese high-carbon firms. Results show the CBAM transition significantly inhibits environmental performance, with incr…

Tran Trong Duc, Thu Van Bui, Thị Thuý Hiền Nguyễn

This dataset provides monthly time-series data to analyze the asymmetric effects of EU carbon pricing on Vietnam's steel exports during the CBAM transition, covering 2013-2025. It includes variables such as EU ETS prices, Vietnam steel expo…

Timothy D. Searchinger, Liqing Peng, Daniela Russi +1

This paper suggests that BECCS using forest biomass may lead to decades of net emission increases due to carbon debt, undermining near-term climate targets. It challenges the assumption that forest-based BECCS provides immediate climate ben…

Ying Kuai, Yue Liu, Wu Wan +2

This paper constructs a carbon asset risk management framework for thermal power enterprises using LSTM carbon price prediction and option hedging. It caps procurement cost at 72.63 CNY/ton and covers over 90% of price increase risk. The st…

Ángel Sanjuán-Ruiz, Juan Infante‐Amate, Eduardo Aguilera

This paper reconstructs long-run industrial CO2 emissions in Spain from 1890 to 2021, decomposing drivers including value added, energy intensity, carbon intensity, and structural change. Emissions increased 27-fold by 2007, with the steepe…

Tran Trong Duc, Thu Van Bui, Thị Thuý Hiền Nguyễn

This dataset supports analysis of asymmetric effects of EU carbon pricing on Vietnam's steel exports during the CBAM transition. It includes monthly data from January 2013 to December 2025 covering EU ETS carbon prices, Vietnam's steel expo…

Juraj Petrík, Gert Jan Kramer, Vivian Tunn +1

This paper presents a novel macro-level carbon flow mapping method using national accounts data, applied to the Netherlands with 11 product categories and 12 transformation sectors. Results show heavy reliance on carbon imports/exports and …

Hamza Alhamza, Zindzi Kwavayi, Abdulkarim B Sayed +4

This study conducts a monthly hybrid carbon footprint assessment for a 511-bed Saudi hospital, finding 2023 emissions of 41.76 kt CO₂e with near parity between Scope 2 (49.13%) and Scope 3 (48.55%). Summer electricity peaks from cooling dem…

Xuexue Zhang, FanYang Zeng

This paper explores the integration of carbon trading with Real World Assets (RWA) technology using blockchain to address issues like information opacity and low liquidity in traditional carbon markets. It analyzes the intrinsic logic and o…

Barry Rabe

This paper analyzes the durability of the global governance regime for cooling sector chemicals under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. It finds that despite US policy shifts hostile to climate mitigation, the regime is likely …

Arindam Bandyopadhyay

This chapter details how climate risks (physical and transitional) challenge the financial system, including asset value erosion and default risks. It examines responses from regulators like the Reserve Bank of India, including climate stre…

Mohammad Zardoshti Zadeh Yazdi, Jörn‐Christian Meyer, Grit Walther

This paper proposes a multi-objective optimization model for renewable energy carrier (REC) imports to Europe. It evaluates trade-offs between cost, GHG emissions, and supply security, showing that a supply-risk-optimal approach reduces sec…

Santi Gopal Maji, Rituraj Boruah

This study analyzes the impact of sustainable business practices (SBPs) on the disclosure of climate change risks and opportunities (CCRO) using S&P 500 data from 2011-2023. SBPs significantly increase the likelihood of CCRO disclosure, esp…

Michelline Marie Regina Kansole, Mahamadi Nikièma, Tog-Noma Patricia Emma Bontogho +1

This study assesses GHG emissions from a gold mine in Burkina Faso, focusing on Scope 1 and Scope 2. Total annual emissions are 215,349.50 tCO₂e, with electricity consumption as the largest source. Mitigation strategies include hybrid solar…

MUHAMMAD RIDWAN, DODIK RIDHO NURROCHMAT, HANDIAN PURWAWANGSA +1

This study analyzes how the design of emission reference levels affects the equity and effectiveness of carbon trading incentives in Indonesia, ahead of its international carbon trading launch in 2025. It compares reference emissions across…

Jörg Mayer

This policy paper challenges the carbon-centric view of climate interventions by distinguishing the biophysical cooling function of forests (evapotranspiration, BVOCs, cloud formation) from CO₂ sequestration in croplands via mycorrhizal fun…

Matías Domínguez-Quiñones, Iñaki Aliende, Lorenzo Escot

This study uses text mining and NLP to assess TCFD voluntary compliance in 64 reports from six Spanish IBEX-35 energy firms (2020–2023). All companies improved year-on-year but none fully complied, with disparities in Scope 1, 2, and 3 disc…