GX & Decarbonization Research

Djamel Lekbir

This paper proposes an Estimation-to-Compensation framework using causal machine learning (double/debiased ML, causal forests) to estimate installation-level heterogeneous treatment effects of the EU ETS and derive targeted compensation pol…

Florian Pothin

This replication package provides data and code for a study showing that trade shocks redraw the global carbon map but do not shrink total emissions. Using 22.4 million bilateral embodied-carbon flows (1995-2023), it runs event studies and …

Zhiping Zuo

This study analyzes the role of digital governance in the sustainable transition of rice-crayfish co-culture systems (RCS) in China using an evolutionary game model. It finds that the synergy of digital regulation, services, and credit (RSF…

Vicky Faith Atim

This report assesses the financial viability of Uganda's Energy Transition Plan using the MINFin model, revealing a widening financing gap from 2030 onwards, reaching an annual shortfall of $8.5 billion by 2070. Key drivers include over-rel…

Sheikh Ali Tanzil, Kishor Chandra Meher

This qualitative study examines how Fijian listed companies navigate global ESG mandates and local institutional constraints, using managerial sensemaking. It reveals a 'digital decoupling' where firms use digital infrastructures as a symbo…

Thi Loan Bui, Oanh Thi Tran, Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh +2

This paper proposes an NLP-based method to automatically classify ESG-related information from Vietnamese corporate annual reports, aiming to streamline disclosure analysis and automate ESG assessment. It sits at the intersection of AI and …

Olushola Daniel Eniowo, Vidette Bester, Mbalenhle Mpanza +1

This paper examines critical minerals in South Africa from strategic and distributive justice perspectives, addressing resource governance and energy transition challenges. It discusses the role of regional mineral resources in global decar…

Leon Schumm, Anton Achhammer, Michael Sterner

This study quantifies country-level green hydrogen export potentials under EU Delegated Act renewable share requirements. A 90% minimum share allows 24 TWh of exports in 2025, while lowering to 70% increases this 7.5-fold to 181 TWh. Export…

Asad A. Naqvi, Haider Ali, Asad A. Zaidi

This study evaluates four residential photovoltaic configurations in Karachi, Pakistan, for techno-economic and environmental performance. Case C (daytime PV with full battery backup) achieves the highest NPV of USD 25,104.3 with a payback …

Arjun Lev Pillai Hausner, Nicole M. Ardoin, Robert B. Jackson +3

This paper argues that financial markets may be pricing in a failure of the Paris Agreement, highlighting a disconnect between investor expectations and climate policy goals. It offers insights for climate risk pricing and transition risk a…

Brantley Liddle

Using OECD macro panel data, this study analyzes how electricity and fossil fuel prices affect electrification rates in residential and industrial sectors. Electricity prices have a small but significant negative effect (-0.1 to -0.07), whi…

Stephen J. Newman

This paper analyzes gaps between science and policy in marine fisheries, aquaculture, and living resources, highlighting priorities such as climate adaptation, artificial reefs, and sustainable aquaculture feed. It emphasizes advanced techn…

Aparna Roy, Dhruba Purkayastha, Radhey Wadhwa

This report argues that India's energy transition should be understood as a coordinated set of subnational transformations, aligned in direction but differentiated in design. Addressing the transition at this level ensures that India's path…

ANZHELIKA KARAEVA, ELENA MAGARIL, ANDREY KISELEV +1

This paper examines the prospects and barriers to transitioning to sustainable management in the energy sector. While specific data and methodology are unclear, it likely discusses challenges and opportunities in energy transition.

Kirstine Lund Christiansen, Jonas Allesson, Guy Finkill +2

This perspective examines the emerging trend of public-private co-financing for BECCS projects in Global North countries like Denmark, Sweden, and the UK. It argues that this model risks double claiming of CDR benefits by governments and co…

Gulkhayo Sharipova

This study analyzes Uzbekistan's shift from gas exporter to importer using path dependence and self-reinforcing mechanisms. Employing process tracing, it explains how historical choices locked the country into a trajectory leading to the 20…

Alessandra Terenzi, Sonia Paone

This article analyzes climate and energy transition in Southern Italy through unequal territorial distribution of infrastructures and adaptive capacities. Using ISTAT, ISPRA, ENEA, and Copernicus data, it compares southern and northern citi…

Will Mbioh

This paper critiques the deterministic discourse on AI and labour substitution, arguing that actual substitution depends on economic factors such as electricity costs, compute supply chains, integration costs, and supervision costs. It high…

Oleg Chevtchenko, Elena Chevtchenko, O Shevchenko

This paper presents the Circular Energy Silicon Grid (CSG), a closed-loop national energy system for the Netherlands that stores surplus renewable electricity as silicon granules and releases heat and power on demand via CHP. It aims to add…

Colin R. Tosh, Christian Gossell, Isabelle Lecomte +6

This study simulated 100 years of silvoarable agroforestry in the UK, showing that trees protect crops from climate-induced yield shocks during early phenological stages via microclimatic modification. Land equivalent ratio exceeds 1 only a…