GX & Decarbonization Research

Mu Qiao, Emma Serwaa Obobisa, Isaac Adjei Mensah +2

Using dynamic panel data for 25 European countries (2000-2020), this study finds that rule of law, renewable energy consumption, and human capital significantly reduce CO2 emissions. However, green technological innovation and trade opennes…

Wang Jia-xin, Li-Jun Mi, Ren-feng Yang +5

This review challenges the assumption that CCUS with CO2-EOR is inherently synergistic, showing that oil recovery and CO2 storage often conflict due to operational design, reservoir heterogeneity, and economic drivers. Mechanisms like WAG i…

Bouthaina Ben Othman, Rihab Bedoui Ben Salem, Heni Boubaker

This paper analyzes the propagation of EU ETS carbon price shocks to green finance markets using a DCC-GARCH connectedness framework. It finds that carbon allowance and Paris-aligned ETFs form a tightly connected bloc, while crude oil volat…

Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Wenchao Wang, Yang Liu +1

This paper analyzes the evolving trade dynamics between the Middle East and Asia during the energy transition. It examines how the shift from fossil fuels to renewables affects regional trade patterns, offering implications for policy and i…

Snejana Bacheva, Roumiana Pozharevska

This paper analyzes the UK's approach to developing a sustainability disclosure framework, examining the introduction of UK SRS S1 and S2 standards in the context of global developments such as CSRD and ISSB. It argues that these standards …

Zhufeng Huang

Using Chinese A-share listed firms' green bond issuances from 2016-2024, this study shows that corporate digital transformation (CDT) significantly lowers green bond credit spreads. Text-based CDT index and fixed-effects regressions reveal …

Jiancheng Xi, Xueqing Zhang, Rongxin Wu

Using a multi-regional environmental input-output model from 1990 to 2021, this study analyzes the global manufacturing value-added trade network and embodied carbon emissions across 115 countries. It reveals stable network structures with …

Lynda Thubelihle Kanye, Justin Z. Lian, Ziyue Han +7

This study conducts a prospective life cycle assessment (LCA) of tobramycin production, demonstrating a pathway to near-zero carbon manufacturing through strain engineering and carbon capture. It evaluates 18 scenarios across 2025, 2030, an…

Hanwen Zhang

This narrative review examines how AI influences ESG disclosure quality and greenwashing governance. It proposes a three-level framework where AI serves as disclosure mechanism, audit instrument, and promoter of normative behavior. AI can i…

Kun Xiao (137726), J Peng, Xinyi Su +2

This study analyzes why cross-provincial green electricity trading fails to significantly reduce carbon emissions, focusing on conflicts among local governments, grids, and external renewable producers. Using a three-party evolutionary game…

Weitong Long, Xueqin Zhu, Yong Hou +3

China's dietary shift and afforestation policies reduce domestic emissions but cause significant emission leakages abroad through trade-induced land-use changes. Using an integrated model, the study finds leakages of 364 Tg CO₂-eq for dieta…

Loso Judijanto

This study uses bibliometric methods on Scopus data to map the intellectual structure and trends in ESG disclosure research. It identifies core themes like sustainability reporting, ESG performance, and governance, and highlights emerging t…

Abu Hena MD Shatil, Nafiz Ahmed Chisty

This paper develops a distributionally robust bi-level optimization (DR-BiLevel) framework with endogenous Wasserstein ambiguity sets, capturing how renewable investments increase operational uncertainty while storage reduces it. Applied to…

Christian Breyer, Siavash Khalili, Dennis Bredemeier +3

This review analyzes five decades of 100% renewable energy systems research, focusing on the evolving role of solar PV. It identifies 29 milestone articles that advanced PV's role from visionary scoping to economic and methodological improv…

Adriana Gómez-Sanabria, Xiaoyang Zhong, Alessio Mastrucci +3

This study integrates a dynamic appliance stock-turnover model with integrated assessment modeling to evaluate material flows and life-cycle GHG emissions of household appliances in Europe through 2050. Circular economy strategies alone can…

Jie He, Liz Varga

This study analyzes barriers and interdependencies in decarbonizing sustainable infrastructure, focusing on collaboration between investment and sustainability sectors. Using expert interviews and ISM/MICMAC analysis, it identifies regulato…

Ishana Ratan, José Vega-Araújo

Renewable energy projects often face local resistance driven by social, cultural, and political factors beyond monetary compensation. Based on qualitative evidence from La Guajira, Colombia, this study shows that companies underestimating c…

Enas Ghonimi, Yongping Sun

This paper presents the Energy Transition Index (ETI), a composite dataset covering 141 emerging markets and developing economies from 2000 to 2023, adapted from the WEF framework. It comprises two sub-indices: Energy System Performance (ES…

Meera Mahadevan, Adrian Martinez, Ryan McCord +2

This study uses a randomized controlled trial in urban Nepal to evaluate policies promoting electric stove adoption. Subsidies increased adoption by 23 percentage points and cookware purchases by 41 points, while information campaigns had l…

Nimas Melenia Mutiara Akbary, Irwan Trinugroho, Putra Pamungkas +1

This study examines whether disclosing climate risks increases debt costs for firms in emerging markets. Using firm-level data from Thomson Reuters/LSEG Eikon and System GMM estimation, it finds that disclosing firms face higher interest co…