GX & Decarbonization Research

M.S. Rachana

This paper explores executives' perceptions of ESG reporting implementation in India. While specific findings are unavailable, it likely offers insights into practical challenges and opportunities in ESG reporting.

Khawla Oufrit, Abdelkader Mouadili, Mimoun Zazoui

This study proposes a hybrid PV forecasting framework combining stacking ensemble learning with targeted residual correction. It integrates Random Forest, Extra Trees, and XGBoost with a Ridge meta-learner, and applies a correction model to…

Xavier Banze, Issufo Juma, Luis Guambe

This paper models clean cooking transitions in Mozambique using geospatial analysis, recommending a gradual, differentiated strategy based on maximum net benefits. It prioritizes improved charcoal stoves and LPG in the short term, and elect…

Mahmud Hasan Riaz

This study examines the long-run effects of globalization, FDI, clean fuel access, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth on CO2 emissions in Costa Rica using annual data from 1980 to 2023. Employing DOLS, FMOLS, and CCR, the res…

Khaled Al-Kassimi, Muhammad Atif, Tabinda Saeed

Using a neoclassical realist framework, this study compares climate policy development in the US and China, focusing on how domestic institutions and state priorities shape emissions reduction and renewable energy strategies. It identifies …

Esther Blanco, Adrià Bronchal, Aida Guerrero Tort +1

This field experiment with 762 high-school students and 416 parents shows that training cooperative decision-making for climate action increases real monetary donations to environmental causes, boosts hope and mitigation behavior, and spill…

Serge Daoudou, Alexis Abodohoui, Houriath Souley

This qualitative case study explores how political leadership influences public energy project performance in Benin over two decades. It finds that renewed political leadership with a clear strategic vision reshaped project implementation, …

Benjamin N. Kerama

This paper proposes the Harambee Energy Framework (HEF), a community-centered model for decentralized sustainable energy in rural Africa. Integrating modular solar-biogas hybrid units, a blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy exchange platfor…

Arshad Ali, Usman Taura, Sami Al-Khamisi +3

This study experimentally investigates enhanced weathering of lizardite-rich sand for CO₂ sequestration, confirming carbonate mineral formation under varying pH and CO₂ pressure. However, pH decline raises ocean acidification concerns, whic…

Mamud Musah

This report, developed during the EMP-G 2026 training, assesses the feasibility of Ghana's NDC targets through sectoral transition rate analysis. It identifies gaps in policy and investment needed to achieve renewable energy and energy effi…

C. B. K. Ranasinghe

This study critically analyzes climate finance's impact on Africa's adaptation, using a Neo-Gramscian perspective. It examines mechanisms like the Green Climate Fund and Just Energy Transition Partnerships, finding that financial flows repr…

Parul Tandan, Geetha K. Joshi

This study empirically analyzes key determinants for achieving India's 500 GW non-fossil fuel capacity target by 2030, integrating policy support, technological readiness, investment climate, and infrastructure readiness. Using SEM on stake…

Angel Ann A. Pagpaguitan, Althea T. Horca, Ana Rose B. Velunta +2

This study compares top-down (international treaties) and bottom-up (city/community) governance models for climate mitigation, using Ostrom's polycentric governance theory. It finds both have strengths and weaknesses, and argues that linkin…

Jovine NSEKANABANGA

This study uses OnSSET to evaluate least-cost electrification pathways for Rwanda's universal electricity access by 2030. Comparing least-cost and forced-grid scenarios, it estimates 2.28 million new connections, 309 MW of additional capaci…

Diphus Tugume

This paper empirically analyzes the nonlinear effect of environmental taxes on carbon emissions in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. It suggests that the impact of environmental taxes may vary depending on the tax level, offering important insight…

Ganesh I

This study develops an ultra-low-cost PP cloth-reinforced EPDM rubber-ZrO2 composite porous membrane for alkaline water electrolysis, achieving performance comparable to commercial Zirfon membranes. Overpotentials for HER and OER are below …

Hochenauer* J, Müller MJ, Hochenauer C

This study presents the first combined experimental and numerical demonstration of latent heat utilization in a semi-industrial molten salt TES system. Complete solidification increases thermal yield by ~10%, but optimal operation at ~60% s…

González J, Saavedra N, González L +3

This paper proposes a mathematical framework to characterize the limiting and optimal efficiency of Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs) with an internal heat exchanger (IHE). Based on the Helmholtz energy function, it extends to real fluids via v…

Villanueva Martínez, Nicolás, Valero Delgado, Alicia, García Corona, Dulce Marí

This dataset compiles official data on Mexico's renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs), including forecasts for distributed photovoltaic generation and historical sales and battery specifications for EVs and PHEVs over the past decade…

Ganesamoorthy, kaviyarasan, Patankar, Neha, Jaradat, Manar

This dataset supports a study on how additional budget flexibility can reduce prime-farmland impacts from utility-scale solar siting in New York State. It includes spatial, cost, and model-output data for evaluating Price of Preference, spa…