GX & Decarbonization Research

James W. rector, Joseph Silvi, Jagger Mattox +4

This study compares emissions from natural hydrocarbon seeps and orphaned wells to fugitive emissions from active oil production equipment in Southern California. Using meta-analysis, it finds that seep and orphaned well emissions are one t…

Milene Consenso Tonetto

This paper addresses land-use change emissions from Amazon deforestation in Brazil as a leading source of GHGs and a driver of epidemic risks. It proposes a hybrid responsibility model incorporating historical emissions, capacity to act, an…

Katherine Bourzac

This article highlights that urban methane emissions are rising despite city pledges. It discusses how satellite-based remote sensing can help monitor emissions and verify mitigation efforts.

Isabela Keuschnigg, Clemens Kaupa, Joana Setzer +5

This paper analyzes the evolution and challenges of integrating Scope 3 emissions into corporate climate litigation. It focuses on legal frameworks and corporate responses, highlighting increased litigation risks and expanding corporate res…

Linyue Cheng

Using a difference-in-differences model on 2010-2023 data from Chinese listed new energy firms, this study finds that China's Carbon Emissions Trading Pilot (CETP) significantly boosts green total factor productivity (GTFP) through green in…

Bixuan Gao, Yi Chen, Xiangyu Kong +5

This paper proposes a data-driven framework for collaborative carbon accounting that monitors emissions across city, regional, and industrial scales. It enables data sharing and consistency across different levels, aiming for accurate green…

Yamin Qiao, Xiaoyu Min, Sijia Ge +2

This paper examines the dual role of artificial intelligence in achieving carbon neutrality, focusing on emissions forecasting, energy consumption optimization, and sustainable strategy development. It suggests AI can be both a tool and a d…

Jiekuan Zhang

This paper comparatively assesses the impact of carbon tax revenue recycling on tourism in China, evaluating different policy design options such as tax cuts and subsidies. It finds that well-designed recycling can mitigate adverse effects …

Jeanne Magnetti

This study compares public participation and democratic legitimacy under carbon tax policies in Ireland and South Africa, offering cross-national insights for policy design and implementation.

Pyung Kim

Using Korea's dual policy framework, this study compares carbon pricing (ETS) vs command-and-control (TMS). DiD results show ETS firms reduced energy use by 5.8-8.8% and emissions by 7.3-8.5%, with inconsistent effects on carbon intensity. …

Abigail Opokua Asare, Laura Schürer

This study examines the use of carbon pricing revenues to provide renewable energy to low-income households in Tanzania, analyzing the distributional impacts. It offers policy recommendations for equitable energy transition.

Shuting Xu, Juanling Lin, Huantao Liang +1

This paper uses game-theoretic models to examine how carbon tax and green credit jointly affect technology upgrading and economic/environmental performance of competing manufacturers. Findings show that while upgrading firms outperform econ…

Bernardette Soust-Verdaguer, Daniel Cagigas, Isidro Cortes +9

This study assesses future embodied and operational carbon emissions of new residential buildings in Spain using prospective Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) across six scenarios. A BIM-based workflow quantifies environmental impacts, identifyin…

Zhaoyang Lu, Diao Gou, Hailong Feng +2

This study examines the impact of China's pilot carbon emissions trading policy on the eco-efficiency of digital agriculture. Using dynamic DEA-Malmquist and DID models on panel data from 30 Chinese provinces (2011-2022), it finds that the …

Chang Liu, Jingke Gao, Ziyuan Liu +1

This paper empirically analyzes how artificial intelligence (AI) empowers carbon asset pricing and its implications for green finance development. It suggests that AI-driven carbon pricing can enhance investment decisions and corporate deca…

Panayiotis C. Andreou, Sofia Anyfantaki, Christos Cabolis +1

This paper analyzes institutional and capability enablers of firm-level emissions abatement under the EU ETS. It examines how regulatory stringency, market design, and firm capabilities such as innovation and management affect emission redu…

Anete Kalniņa, Pauls Sondors, Maksims Feofilovs +2

This study improves Scope 2 carbon accounting precision by using hourly sensor data from four Latvian manufacturing companies. Company-specific emission factors were approximately 56% lower than the Ecoinvent country-level factor, highlight…

Katarzyna Burzynska, Sara Jonsson, Lu Liu +1

This study examines the causal effect of board networks on corporate carbon emissions using a sample of 1,952 firms across 48 countries from 2003 to 2020. Employing dynamic stacked regressions with exogenous carbon-regulation shocks, it fin…

Yi Qian, Tharaka Gunawardena, Priyan Mendis +1

This paper proposes a dynamic carbon accounting framework for forest-wood product systems. It demonstrates that static accounting misinterprets emissions by ignoring temporal dynamics, and dynamic accounting provides a more accurate assessm…

Tulika Phukan, Tania Sharma, Bibungsar Bargayary +1

This review analyzes how carbon trading and tree crop cultivation (orchards, agroforestry) synergistically contribute to carbon sequestration and carbon credit generation. It reports carbon storage potentials of 0.29–15.21 Mg C/ha/yr aboveg…