GX & Decarbonization Research

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…

Jairo Quiros-Torto, Jeeno George, Maarten Brinkerink +5

This dataset provides OSeMOSYS Global ASEAN model results for 19 candidate interconnector scenarios and 7 sensitivity cases, covering capacity, generation, and CO2 emissions from 2023 to 2050. It includes paired-scenario differences (transm…

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…

Yaoxiaoxue hong, Heng Xu, Chang Yu

This study examines how carbon market prices affect corporate market competition and green innovation in China's high-carbon industries. Using a game-theoretic model and A-share listed company data from 2013-2021, it finds that rising carbo…

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…

Brooks S, Kitchens C, Leighton W

This paper proposes Carbon Calculus™, a novel decarbonization decision-making tool that integrates the time value of CO2 into a sink dissipation model. It defines metrics like Net Present Value of CO2 (NPV_CO2) to compare strategies across …

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…

Gnangbe, Samirah, Mba Wright, Mark

This study evaluates the techno-economic and environmental performance of a CO2 plasma-biological process that converts waste plastic into biodegradable PHA. Using BioSTEAM modeling and life cycle assessment, it examines process feasibility…