GX & Decarbonization Research

Yazhen Gong, Min Wang, Jinhua Zhao

China leads the world in both GHG emissions and renewable energy deployment. This review classifies China's climate policies into binding climate targets and a mix of command-and-control and market-based implementation mechanisms. It assess…

Olivia Gold, Paul Pfaffenbichler, Astrid Gühnemann

This paper examines how decarbonisation policies affect transport-poor households in Austria and explores possible mitigation strategies. It focuses on the distributional and equity consequences of measures such as carbon pricing and fuel t…

Zhenzhen Liu, Changkeun Lee

An empirical study examining how China's smart port policy affects carbon emissions. It likely tests whether port digitalization and smart-port initiatives contribute to decarbonization. The abstract was unavailable, so methods and findings…

Hongshuo Zhang, Kedong Yin, Chong Huang +1

Using panel data for 61 Chinese low-carbon pilot cities (2010–2020), this study combines the Tapio decoupling model with an extended STIRPAT model to analyze the economic growth–carbon emissions nexus. Pilots shifted overall from weak to st…

Amy Quandt, Andres Reyna, Asikunnaby +9

A comparative study of two rounds of Climate Action Plans (CAPs) across 11 large U.S. cities using keyword and qualitative analysis. It finds growing integration of climate equity and justice, persistent priorities in transportation and bui…

Shilei Zhou, Toshiyuki Fujita

A game-theoretic study of how mitigation and R&D cooperation interact in international environmental agreements. Linking technological cooperation to mitigation sustains large, stable coalitions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, technologic…

Bingtao Qin, Tingting ZHAI, Gan Lin +1

Using the entropy method, this study builds a five-dimension, twenty-indicator evaluation system from Shanghai's 2008–2023 time-series data to measure urban low-carbon development. Shanghai's low-carbon capacity rises overall, with the ecol…

YUNG-CHUAN LEE

This work links the OECD CAPMF database—~130 policy variables consolidated into 56 climate actions across ~50 countries—with the EU JRC's EDGAR emissions data to examine how policy stringency relates to realized decarbonization. It moves be…

YUNG-CHUAN LEE

This paper examines the gap between climate policy ambition and realized decarbonization by combining the OECD CAPMF database (~130 policy variables, 56 climate actions) with the EU JRC's EDGAR emissions database, which independently estima…

Saheed Olanrewaju Issa, Usman Zanna, Somod Dapo Olohunlana +1

Using a 46-country panel (2011–2022) with PCSE estimation, this study examines how climate policy stringency affects just transition and whether governance quality moderates this link. Both stringency and governance quality show positive as…

Ghio Vani Debrian Soares, Selviana Ermalinda Funan, Dini Adhania +10

This systematic review examines how socio-political governance and policy innovation shape the adoption and sustainability of biomass-derived activated carbon and biochar for renewable energy. Screening 1,418 records via PRISMA down to 10 s…

Eshraghi H.

This work appears to model how US energy-related greenhouse gas emissions would evolve absent federal climate policy. By quantifying a no-policy scenario, it highlights the emissions gap that regulation would need to close. Without an abstr…

Chaivongvilan S.

This paper applies foresight analysis to identify key strategic issues for achieving net-zero emissions across APEC economies. Without an available abstract, the specific findings remain unclear, but the work likely maps regional decarboniz…

Eskander S.

This study empirically tests the 'ambition loop' hypothesis—whether national net-zero targets and corporate net-zero commitments reinforce each other—using a global cross-country comparison. It probes the causal interplay between policy sig…

Allen M.R.

A review examining the scientific basis, historical origins, and policy implications of the net-zero concept. It likely synthesizes the theoretical foundations of decarbonization target-setting since the Paris Agreement, offering context fo…

Arman Vaziri

This policy brief examines Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, focusing on its net-zero by 2050 duty and the energy trilemma of affordability, security and sustainability. It reviews Ofgem's historical evolution, regulatory and concurrent power…

Mohamed Abdelfattah Abdelraouf, Abdelhamid Elewa

This study analyzes 43 Saudi newspaper and press agency reports using van Dijk's socio-cognitive Critical Discourse Analysis and ecolinguistics. It finds that coverage reproduces three Vision 2030 environmental principles: anthropocentric s…

Chen Wang, Yuhao Qian, Xing Zhang

An empirical study examining whether low-carbon transition policy improves water–energy–land–food (WEF) nexus performance when ESG practice is taken into account. It positions policy intervention and ESG engagement as interacting drivers of…

Danielle Mendes Thame Denny, Marina Pantoja, Rubmara Ketzer Oliveira +2

This paper proposes an applied-research and technical-legal cooperation agenda for the IFCCT consultation, integrating international economic and environmental law with implementation conditions. It distinguishes three linked dimensions: en…

Elena Hooijschuur, Isabela Schmidt Tagomori, Ioannis Dafnomilis +25

This dataset compiles climate scenarios spanning current policies (CP), NDCs and long-term strategies (NDC-LTS), and 1.5C/2C mitigation pathways. Developed across multiple integrated assessment models (AIM, IMAGE, MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM, WITCH, …