GX & Decarbonization Research

Ana Lia Guerrero

This paper analyzes how global actors dispute and shape hegemonic narratives around critical minerals and the corporate energy transition from a South American critical perspective. It argues that under a decarbonization discourse, the corp…

Daniel Auerbach, Cole Schliebe, Arielle d’Arge

This review critically examines contradictions of the just energy transition, arguing that renewable energy growth has not displaced fossil fuels and participation is limited. By synthesizing Mészáros and Lefebvre, it highlights how capital…

Luiza Martins Karpavicius, Katarina Elofsson

This study compares practice-based and results-based subsidies for agricultural soil carbon sequestration, finding that results-based subsidies yield higher net benefits and sequestration. For a practice-based scheme to outperform, its moni…

Shena Firanti Desfiani, Muhammad Zulham

This study examines the Indonesia-Norway REDD+ cooperation (2016-2025) for reducing carbon emissions from deforestation. The result-based contribution mechanism strengthens forest governance and transparency through MRV. It concludes that t…

Pariman Boostani, Giuseppe Pellegrini‐Masini, Jørgen Klein

This qualitative study explores barriers and drivers for vulnerable groups' participation in energy communities in Norway and Denmark. Key enablers include community engagement and environmental awareness; barriers include inadequate polici…

Mohsin Jamil, M Li, Amin Etminan

This study proposes and evaluates an AC-coupled hybrid distribution microgrid for remote off-grid communities in Canada, using Black Tickle as a case. The optimized configuration achieves 86.7% wind penetration and 100% supply reliability, …

Shamwil Abdul-Karim, Kassim Alabani

Using panel data from 23 Sub-Saharan African countries (2000-2022), this study finds that climate finance has weak and insignificant effects on inclusive growth indicators like income inequality and poverty. Instead, institutional quality a…

Zahoor Ahmed

This review analyzes why Pakistan fails to harness its renewable energy potential, using frameworks of path dependency, rent-seeking, and energy justice. It finds that fossil fuel lock-in, elite capture, and institutional weaknesses hinder …

Azaribrahim Rabhi, Mohammed Salah Chiadmi, Rajae Aboulaïch

This paper analyzes the economic and financial implications of climate transition risk under policy uncertainty. Using stochastic modeling calibrated on NGFS scenarios and Monte Carlo simulations, it estimates transition probabilities and c…

Patrycja Sieg

This study assesses small hydropower plants (SHPs) in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region using qualitative interviews and energy data. It finds total SHP capacity of 23.24 MW and identifies administrative, environmental, and economic barrie…

Rengaowa Wu, Talla M. Aldeehani, Abdurrahman Adamu Pantamee +2

This study examines drivers of renewable energy consumption in China (2000-2023) using Dynamic ARDL. Carbon policy, green bonds, and energy tariffs have significant positive long-run effects; fintech and natural resource rents are insignifi…

Na Li, Chunbao Ge, Ying Wang +2

This paper examines how environmental policy stringency, exports, and political risk influence energy-related emissions in the US. It finds that stricter policies reduce emissions, but exports and political uncertainty may offset these effe…

E. M. KHODKO

This paper analyzes Belarus's role in addressing climate change, examining greenhouse gas emission data and the country's progress in implementing clean energy policies and climate commitments.

Darren McCauley

This paper re-evaluates procurement policies for small modular reactors (SMRs) in the UK through the lens of a just transition. It examines social equity, local employment, and stakeholder engagement, highlighting policy gaps and opportunit…

Mikołaj Ostraszewski, Bartosz Kaźmierczak, Jakub Jurasz

This paper examines hydrological and geotechnical constraints for pumped hydropower energy storage in sedimentary opencast mines in post-lignite regions. It identifies a temporal mismatch between mine closure and storage infrastructure deve…

Angelo C. Gurgel, Sofia M. Arantes, Luciane C. Bachion +4

Using two independent economy-wide models, this study evaluates a 37% expansion of Brazilian sugarcane ethanol production. It finds slightly positive impacts on food security, and under climate mitigation scenarios, a 6% increase in food co…

Karina Standal, Ayushi Saharan, Solveig Aamodt +1

This empirical study analyzes justice trade-offs and benefits of energy efficiency transition in the Indian brick industry. It finds that current policies favor entrepreneurs with existing resources, potentially reproducing socio-economic i…

Yao Lu, Zhiqiang Lin, Yuzhen Yuan +4

This study conducts a dynamic lifecycle analysis of mining trucks, evaluating nonlinear impacts of electrification and energy transition pathways, offering insights for decarbonization in the mining sector.

Domenico Palladino, Silvia Di Turi, Iole Nardi +1

This study evaluates hybrid heating systems (heat pump + gas boiler) for retrofitting Italian residential buildings via large-scale simulation. Non-renewable primary energy reduces 39-44% and CO2 emissions 50-58%, though total primary energ…

Vourdoubas John

This paper explores the feasibility of agrivoltaics in Cretan vineyards. It estimates that covering 1% of vineyard area at 15% or 30% coverage ratios could meet 2.6% or 5.2% of Crete's annual electricity demand, powering tens of thousands o…