GX & Decarbonization Research

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, …

Laura Palazzani

This commentary analyses the European Group on Ethics' opinion on a just green transition. It outlines a multidimensional justice framework—distributional, corrective, procedural, recognitional, intergenerational and planetary—anchored in t…

Justin Melnick

A decision-theoretic model shows that in multiparty systems, Green votes reflect strategic coordination as well as environmental preference: climate-minded voters may back a viable center-left party to defeat anti-climate right parties. Dut…

Dr. Miguel Schloss

After 30 years of COP negotiations, the author argues that international climate efforts have emphasized awareness-raising and persuasion while outcomes have systematically fallen short of agreed goals. The paper calls for a shift toward ou…

Mia Dragović Matosović, Danai Sofia Exintaveloni, Giulia Pizzini

This paper presents a participatory multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) framework to help municipalities prioritize climate and energy actions under governance and resource constraints. Integrating environmental, economic, social, techn…

G. Prause, M. Švažas, V. Saienko +1

Using an unbalanced panel of 26 OECD reporting units (2004–2024), this study tests whether agricultural support measures are associated with organic land expansion. No robust evidence is found at contemporaneous, one-year-lagged, or long-ru…

Kensuke Yoshihiro, 俊和 山川

This paper statistically examines Japan's energy policy, showing slow renewable adoption, fossil-fuel reliance, and a return to nuclear power. It argues that even renewables are captured by existing political-economic structures—centralizat…

Yaqi Wu, Zidan Wang, Sifan Guo +1

Using panel data from 278 Chinese cities (2011-2022) and a multi-period difference-in-differences model, this study evaluates the dual pilot of low-carbon city and 'Broadband China' policies. The dual pilot raised urban green economic effic…

Yuqing Huang

Framing 'new quality productivity' as inherently green, this paper theorizes its direct and indirect effects on prefecture-level urban low-carbon development via industrial upgrading, green innovation, and resource efficiency, plus spatial …

Emmanuel Onwioduokit, Godwin E. Bassey, Mfon E. Okon +1

Using Nigerian annual data (1990–2024) and time-series econometrics, this study assesses government climate strategies. Short-run climate outcomes are driven by government climate footprint, renewable energy strategy, and GDP per capita; lo…

Ruixin Wang, Yanqing Wang, Ming Cao +1

Using LDA on 163 Chinese coal mine methane (CMM) policy texts (1988-2025), four themes emerged: extraction/utilization, CBM planning, methane utilization/low-carbon transition, and gas safety. PMC assessment of 12 policies showed acceptable…

Ge Sun, Yating Fu

Using a staggered difference-in-differences design across 273 Chinese cities (2006-2023), this study tests whether low-carbon pilot policies (LCPPs) improve urban ecological welfare performance (EWP). Green technological innovation and digi…

Mariho Asai

This study applies Fairclough's three-dimensional critical discourse analysis to explain Japan's October 2020 carbon neutrality declaration. It identifies the 'virtuous cycle of economy and environment' and top-down leadership rhetoric as t…

Liu Chen, Haixiang Feng, Luping Qin +2

This study predicts staggered carbon peaking in China's logistics industry along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. It highlights how peak timing varies across regions and segments, informing decarbonization pathway design for l…

Hussaini Bala, Abdulaziz Saud Al Naim, Abdulrahman Alomair +2

Using World Bank and OECD data for 23 African countries (2008–2022), this study examines how green taxation, green innovation, and renewable energy affect green logistics. Green taxes and innovation show significant positive effects, while …

Qijun Xie, Dengjie Yuan, Xiangyang Li

This study empirically examines whether China's Low-Carbon City Pilot policy promotes green innovation collaboration, using knowledge embeddedness and complexity as analytical lenses. It analyzes how the policy shapes the structure and qual…

Danielle Mendes Thame Denny, Rubmara Ketzer Oliveira, Priscila Benelli Walker +1

This paper proposes an applied research and technical-legal cooperation agenda for the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT). It integrates international economic law, environmental law, and institutional implementation analy…

Gretel Cuevas Verdin, Jonathan M. Cullen

The Paris Agreement promotes low-emission technologies but fails to recognize that manufacturing EVs, batteries, and solar panels depends on extracting and trading critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, and rare earths. This paper argues f…