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🌍 GlobalJournalProcesses2026#AI × ESGDOI
AI-Based Optimization for Biofuel Production: Strategies for Utilizing Degraded Land for Climate Change Mitigation, Green Finance Mobilization, and Achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
ANJALI CHAUDHARY, Hebah Shalhoob, Kholoud Y. Bajunaied +5
This study provides a comprehensive analysis integrating AI optimization for biofuel production on degraded lands with climate mitigation and green finance mobilization. Based on 152 studies and international datasets, it shows AI technique…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalCommunications Earth & Environment2026#PolicyDOI
Limiting warming by CO2 and methane mitigation in an expanded scenario space
K. Weber, Reto Knutti, Lena Brun +1
This study presents a novel scenario generation approach to systematically map peak warming from CO2 and methane mitigation pathways. Without methane mitigation, peak warming exceeds 1.7°C, and the likelihood of staying below 2°C drops belo…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalGeoscientific model development2026#Energy TransitionDOI
AD-MERGE 2.0: an integrated assessment of the Nexus among energy transitions, climate impacts, and adaptation responses
Kamyar Amirmoeini, Olivier Bahn, Kelly de Bruin +3
AD-MERGE 2.0 is an enhanced integrated assessment model that couples climate mitigation with reactive and proactive adaptation strategies. It incorporates variable renewables, DACCS, and aligns with SSP2. Scenario analysis reveals trade-off…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalJournal of Environmental Economics and Management2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Coal phase-out in a second-best setting: Evidence from China’s coal-to-gas transition
Antonio M. Bento, Ruozi Song, Bing Zhang
This paper empirically analyzes China's coal-to-gas transition as a case of coal phase-out in a second-best setting, evaluating the costs and benefits of policy interventions amid market distortions. It provides insights for effective polic…
Preprint🌍 GlobalEarthArXiv2026#CCUSDOI
Estimating CO2 Leakage Fluxes along Legacy Wells Using a Rapid Physics-Based Screening Approach
Ramachandran, Hariharan, De Jonge-Anderson, Iain, Pullen, Benjamin +1
Expanding CO2 storage requires assessing leakage risks from legacy wells, but high-fidelity simulations are computationally intensive. This paper presents QWellRATE, a simplified physics-based model that rapidly estimates CO2 leakage fluxes…
Preprint🌍 GlobalZenodo2026#Climate ScienceDOI
The ScenarioMIP-CMIP7 Low Emission marker scenario: Holding warming likely below 2°C in a middle-of-the-road world
Fricko, Oliver, Wu, Yazhen, Zhang, Shaohui +44
This paper presents a new low-emission marker scenario for CMIP7, demonstrating the possibility of limiting warming below 2°C under a middle-of-the-road socioeconomic pathway. It strengthens the link between climate models and integrated as…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Model Code and Input Data for "Long-Term Energy Transition under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Implications for Cross-Border Electricity Trade and System Transformation"
Ćosić, Boris, Herc, Luka, Duić, Neven
This repository provides the model code and input data for the H2RES model, analyzing the interconnected power systems of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia from 2026 to 2040 under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. It include…
Preprint🌍 GlobalZenodo2026#ESGDOI
ESG Operationalization along the value chain: A combined Bibliometric analysis and Systematic literature review of determinants and firm value implications (2015–2024)
Salma KAMEL, Imane RAHJ
This paper conducts a bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review (2015-2024) on ESG operationalization and firm value. Analyzing 168 articles quantitatively and 40 in-depth, it finds that ESG operationalization creates firm valu…
Preprint🌍 GlobalZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Waste To Wings Through Sustainable Fuel Innovation For Regenerative Futures
Zafar, Fatima
This study explores converting mixed plastic waste into renewable aviation fuel via thermochemical routes. It addresses low recycling rates and aviation emissions, arguing waste-based SAF can contribute to net-zero aviation. It examines pro…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalApplied Sciences2026#HydrogenDOI
Use of Hydrogen in Industry as a Driver for Decarbonization: A Comprehensive Review
Fabiola Tovar-Lasheras, Jorge Arroyo, Pedro Garcia-Gonzalez +2
This review analyzes hydrogen combustion's decarbonization potential in energy-intensive industries (steel, cement, glass, ceramics, refining, chemicals) along three axes: combustion fundamentals, CFD modeling, and AI/camera diagnostics. It…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalnpj Sustainable Mobility and Transport2026#EV & TransportDOI
Addressing charging poverty as a barrier to equitable transport decarbonization
Maria Xylia, Claudia Strambo, Björn Nykvist +1
This paper defines 'charging poverty' as the inability to afford or access sufficient, reliable, and socially inclusive EV charging. It proposes a conceptual framework with five dimensions (economic, spatial, functional, temporal, digital),…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnergies2023#HydrogenDOI
Towards the Integration of Flexible Green Hydrogen Demand and Production in Ireland: Opportunities, Barriers, and Recommendations
De Tommasi L.
This paper examines the integration of flexible green hydrogen demand and production in Ireland, analyzing opportunities and barriers. It provides policy recommendations to enhance the viability of renewable hydrogen in the energy system an…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalSustainability Switzerland2018#Carbon PricingDOI
Can China's carbon emissions trading rights mechanism transform its manufacturing industry? Based on the perspective of enterprise behavior
Dai Y.
This paper analyzes the impact of China's emissions trading scheme (ETS) on the transformation of the manufacturing industry from the perspective of enterprise behavior. It empirically evaluates policy effectiveness and provides implication…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalSustainability Switzerland2023#Carbon PricingDOI
The Impact of Carbon Emission Trading Policy on Enterprise ESG Performance: Evidence from China
Zhang Y.
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of China's carbon emission trading scheme (ETS) on corporate ESG performance. Using policy implementation as a quasi-natural experiment, it examines whether ETS participation improves firms' ESG sc…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalSustainability Switzerland2022#Carbon PricingDOI
Can China’s Policy of Carbon Emissions Trading Optimize Manufacturing Structure? Evidence from Guangdong Based on a Synthetic Control Approach
Lei Y.
This paper evaluates the impact of China's carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) in Guangdong on optimizing manufacturing structure, using a synthetic control approach. It provides causal evidence on whether ETS promotes industrial upgradin…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalTürkiye Mesleki ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi2026#AI × ESGDOI
Climate Anxiety Disclosures and Investor Behavior: Examining the Accounting Consequences of Voluntary Eco-Psychological Reporting
Amel Mahmood Ali Alobaidi
This study examines the impact of voluntary climate anxiety disclosure on investor behavior using mixed methods: textual analysis, archival data, and experiments. Disclosure significantly predicts investor behavior, moderated by firm size a…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalJournal of Real Estate, Construction & Management2026#AI × ESGDOI
Blockchain for Circularity: Enhancing Traceability and Reducing Embodied Carbon in Steel Supply Chains
Sinhika Deshmukh, S. Karve
This study proposes and evaluates a blockchain-enabled traceability framework for Tata Steel's supply chain. Scenario modeling suggests traceability coverage could rise from 42% to 98%, scrap reuse from 60% to 88%, enabling an estimated 3.0…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalSustainability2026#Climate FinanceDOI
Climate Risk Disclosure and Corporate Financial Performance: Pathways to Sustainable Value Creation
Yong Li, Zi Shuang
Using 4,501 Chinese A-share firms (2009-2024), this study finds climate risk disclosure (CRD) positively associated with ROA and Tobin's Q. Pathways include lower financing costs and greater green innovation. Institutional ownership and acc…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management2026#ESGDOI
Balancing Sustainability and Digitalization: How Country
FinTech
Rank Moderates the
ESG
–Firm Value Relationship Amid Controversies
Amira Tarek Ibrahim Metwally, Sandra Ibrahim Mikhael Ibrahim
This study examines how ESG performance and ESG washing affect firm value in the context of digital financial system development. Using panel data from global ESG Leaders Index firms (2018-2023) and fixed-effects regressions, it finds that …
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEceee ... summer study proceedings2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Assessing distributional and environmental impacts of ETS2 and potential mitigation under the Social Climate Fund
Tom Krusche, Alina Winter, Alessia Fulvimari
This study assesses the distributional impacts of the EU ETS2 on households across 27 member states using microsimulation, revealing heterogeneity across income groups and countries. It simulates Social Climate Fund-eligible mitigation meas…
