GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 14 contributing scholarly metadata sources and uses AI-assisted classification to identify signals related to measurement, policy narratives, outcomes, implementation, industrial adoption, and verification.
The goal is not only to discover papers, but to observe how GX research is distributed across research substance, implementation narratives, external expectations, implementation substance, and judgment formation.
Summaries are AI-assisted. Always refer to the original paper for authoritative conclusions.
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSocial Sciences & Humanities Open2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Carbon tax policy adoption and energy transition in the European Union: A quasi-experimental analysis of environmental and socio-economic dividends
Abdulai Enusah
This study quasi-experimentally evaluates the double dividend hypothesis across 24 EU member states (1990-2019), using Callaway-Sant'Anna and Wooldridge estimators. Carbon tax adoption reduces energy intensity by 0.278 units, raises renewab…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalTransportation Research Part A Policy and Practice2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Uneven carbon pricing signals in shipping: Regulatory overlap, abatement costs and fuel choice
Wang J.
This study examines uneven carbon pricing signals in shipping, where overlapping regimes (e.g. IMO and EU ETS) create divergent effective carbon prices. It links regulatory overlap to abatement costs and fuel-choice decisions, suggesting fr…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalInternational Organisations Research Journal2023#Carbon PricingDOI
Carbon levy of the European Union: at the intersection of climate and trade policies
Strezhneva M.
This paper examines the EU's carbon border levy (CBAM) as a policy sitting at the intersection of climate and trade. It links the levy to the EU ETS and its push for carbon pricing in trading partners. It highlights implications for exporte…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalSustainable Production and Consumption2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Mapping China's terbium cycle reveals a persistent supply-demand imbalance under the energy transition
Yuxuan Wu, Qihan Zhang, Shen Zhao +3
A material-flow analysis of China's terbium (heavy rare earth) cycle. It finds a persistent supply-demand imbalance as energy-transition demand grows faster than supply, highlighting procurement risk for clean technologies such as EVs and w…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainability2026#Disclosure InfrastructureDOI
Connectivity: A New “Portemanteau” Concept in Corporate Reporting? A Preliminary Literature Review on Linkages Between Financial and Sustainability Information
Michele A. Rea
A critical narrative review mapping the concept of "connectivity" between financial and sustainability reporting, drawing on 115 publications and key IIRC, EFRAG and IFRS/ISSB documents. Connectivity is shown to be a multidimensional "porte…
PreprintCN2026#Energy TransitionDOI
From pollution haven to decarbonisation supplier: the reversal of China's export function
Yang Chen, Shumin Zhang, Zhe Li +3
Reconstructing emissions embodied in China's exports from 1990 to 2024, this study finds asymmetric decoupling: SO2, NOx, and PM2.5 fell 58-89% from peaks while CO2 remains near maximum. Exports of PV, batteries, and EVs now avoid 20-43 tim…
Preprint🇨🇳 ChinaResearch Square2026#AI × ESGDOI
LLM Agent-informed 1.5 °C Global Mitigation Pathways Considering Sustainable Development Goals
Xunzhang Pan, Tianming Shao, Jianxiao Wang +5
This paper uses LLM agents to generate and evaluate global mitigation pathways for the 1.5°C target, integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It sits at the intersection of AI and climate policy, offering a novel approach that comb…
🇺🇸 USADatasetZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Scope 3DOI
GreenCalculus — US Supply-Chain GHG Emission Factors by NAICS-6 (EPA)
Jeremiah Say
This dataset provides supply-chain GHG emission factors for 1,016 US commodities in kg CO2e per 2024 US dollar of purchaser price, compiled from EPA USEEIO data. The 290-fold spread across sectors (from 7.437 for landfill to 0.026 for insur…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSport Business and Management An International Journal2026#AI × ESGDOI
Integration of GRI standards in the sustainability reporting of Borussia Dortmund: a longitudinal RAG analysis
Marcus Becker, Timo Zimmermann, Judith Maria Beermann
This study applies a GRI-oriented RAG workflow to eight years of Borussia Dortmund's sustainability reports, finding moderate and fluctuating evidence quality rather than steady improvement. It demonstrates RAG's utility in structuring disc…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy2026#HydrogenDOI
Highly dispersed Ru@Carbon quantum dots for efficient hydrogen generation from sodium and potassium borohydride hydrolysis
Selma Ekıncı, Ömer Şahin, Zeliyha Çelik +2
This study reports highly dispersed Ru nanoparticles on carbon quantum dots as catalysts for efficient hydrogen generation from hydrolysis of sodium and potassium borohydride. The high dispersion enhances catalytic activity and stability, p…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalBiogeosciences2026#Climate ScienceDOI
Asymmetry in carbon cycle feedbacks and transient climate response under positive and negative CO 2 emissions
V. Rachel Chimuka, Kirsten Zickfeld
Using an Earth system model, this study investigates asymmetries in carbon cycle feedbacks and climate response under positive vs. negative CO2 emissions. It finds that concentration-carbon feedback is larger while climate-carbon feedback i…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalCommunications Earth & Environment2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Crediting temporarily bound carbon reduces emissions and costs in integrated production of EU refineries
Simon L. Bussmann, Wolfgang Männer, Tobias Fleiter +3
This study analyzes the impact of crediting temporarily stored carbon in plastic products within carbon pricing schemes on integrated EU refinery production. Using an optimization model for 2050, it shows that such crediting significantly r…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalJournal of the University of Ruhuna2026#Climate FinanceDOI
Climate Change Finance and Carbon Offsets: Addressing Global Climate Challenges through Innovative Funding and Emissions Reduction Mechanisms
Monday Sunday Adiaha
This study analyzes the structure and sufficiency of global climate finance flows against Paris targets, finding 2019 flows of $579B insufficient, with private investment concentrated in renewables and public finance foundational but limite…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalChem & Bio Engineering2026#CCUSDOI
Late-Stage Desorption Kinetics as a Design Factor for High-Productivity Cyclic Carbon Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Xiang-Yu Li, Yan-Long Zhao, Xin Zhang +4
This study demonstrates that desorption kinetics, not just uptake, are critical for evaluating MOF adsorbents for CO2 capture. Nine MOFs were assessed under a unified protocol, revealing that late-stage desorption diffusivity correlates mos…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalEnvironmental Science & Technology2026#CCUSDOI
Estimation of Property Value Changes from Nearby Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Projects in the United States
Kaifang Luo, Yueming Qiu, Pengfei Liu +1
Using property transaction data (1990-2021) matched to nationwide CCUS project records, this study applies a hedonic difference-in-differences framework to quantify the impact of CCUS proximity on housing prices. CCUS operations generate a …
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalApplied Thermal Engineering2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Thermally enhanced alkali-activated concrete for low-carbon energy piles: Mix design optimization, microscale mechanism and performance validation
Chaoran Wang, Qinghao Wu, Chanjuan Han
This study optimizes the mix design of alkali-activated concrete (AAC) to enhance its thermal properties for use in energy piles. By investigating microscale mechanisms, it develops a low-carbon concrete with improved thermal conductivity, …
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalSustainability2026#Supply ChainDOI
Pricing and Blockchain Traceability Decisions for Low-Carbon Products in a Dual-Channel Supply Chain with Government Subsidies and Risk Aversion
Zhe Chen, Qinan Shentu, Lei Chen
This study models blockchain traceability investment and pricing decisions for low-carbon products in a dual-channel supply chain under government subsidies and manufacturer risk aversion. It finds that consumer trust and direct channel sha…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalFigshare2026#AI × ESGDOI
The impact of sectoral policies and policy mixes on low-carbon innovation ‘take-offs’: an analysis of 18 countries 2001–2022
Jin Yan, Yang Zhao, Xue Gao +3
Combining machine learning with causal inference, this study detects low-carbon technology innovation take-offs across 18 countries (2001-2022) and evaluates over 1,600 policy interventions. It finds that market-based instruments (especiall…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalApplied Energy2026#HydrogenDOI
Low-carbon policy simulation for cost-effective decarbonization pathways of China's hydrogen production considering regional heterogeneity
Xiuhui Wang, Bo Wang, Zhaohua Wang +3
This paper conducts low-carbon policy simulations for cost-effective decarbonization pathways of China's hydrogen production, incorporating regional heterogeneity. It highlights the importance of region-specific policy design and offers ins…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalsteel research international2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Atomic‐Scale Insights Into Tramp Element Segregation and Mechanical Performance of a Low‐Carbon Steel
Lukas Hatzenbichler, Maximilian Graf, Phillip Haslberger +4
Increased scrap use in steelmaking reduces CO2 but introduces tramp elements that affect material performance. Using atom probe tomography and correlative TEM, this study reveals nanoscale segregation and precipitation behaviors, linking th…