GX & Decarbonization Research

Adán Villa-Herrera, Martín Alejandro Bolaños-González, José Manuel Salvador-Castillo +1

This study estimates the carbon footprint of organic shade-grown coffee in Chiapas, Mexico, finding an average of 0.816 kg CO2e per kg of green coffee, lower than conventional systems. Key emission sources are pulp decomposition and roastin…

Wenli Zhu

This paper uses a digital twin model to simulate the synergistic optimization of carbon benefits and economic benefits for grid investment. It constructs physical and virtual mapping models at three levels, incorporating carbon emission cos…

Kashif Khaqan, Benedikt Fest, Tim Harrison +1

This study reviews carbon farming in Australian broadacre agriculture via ACCU projects and literature. Thematic analysis reveals progress in adoption but challenges like carbon price and accounting tools. Four scenarios show net zero in ag…

Leming Gu, Hao Zhu, Yazhi Zhu

This study uses system dynamics to model embodied carbon in buildings, identifying building height and seismic coefficients as key drivers of material consumption. It shows that increasing prefabrication rates reduces construction emissions…

Yue Lin, Zhimin Lu, Huaiqing Qin +7

This paper proposes a bilevel multiobjective optimization model for regional integrated energy systems, using dynamic carbon emission factors and time-of-use pricing as demand response signals. The model achieves a 10.29% cost reduction and…

Issei Sato, Hiroto Toda, Tomohiro Yoshida +4

This study assesses the greenhouse gas balance of producing biomass fuel from eucalyptus plantations established on former Japanese cedar and cypress forests. It evaluates the temporal carbon dynamics, including emissions from land-use chan…

Ayesha Rouf, Abdullah Hammad, Shagufta Rasheed +2

This study estimates the carbon footprint of potato and maize production in Okara, Pakistan. Large farms have the highest average carbon footprint at 7.50 m3, with fertilizers and diesel as major emission sources. Despite high input use, pr…

Linfang Yan, Ning Ding, Heng Zhou +5

This study constructs a life cycle assessment (LCA)-based carbon footprint (CF) model for transformers, quantifying CF at different rated voltages. The operation stage dominates CF, with electricity as the main source; steel and copper domi…

Gene McAvoy

This paper critically reviews the Winrock International carbon assessment of the Everglades Agricultural Area, arguing that the report overestimates GHG emissions from sugarcane production due to flawed methodology, omission of historical a…

Lucia Escalante Ortiz, Kristofor R. Brye, Diego Della Lunga +8

This study compares chamber-based measurement methods for GHG fluxes in tilled, irrigated soybean fields. Results show significant differences in CO2 emissions between optical and gas chromatography methods, highlighting the need to conside…

Guoqiang Niu, Yin Liu, Nishonov Akbarjon Mukhamatjonovich +5

This study develops an interpretable data-driven model for predicting direct greenhouse gas emissions from biochemical treatment of papermaking wastewater. Focusing on lab-scale systems, it clarifies the relationship between process paramet…

Prantic Kumar Goswami, Md Salahuddin, Ahmed A.A. Abdel-Wareth +1

This paper examines strategies for greenhouse gas sequestration in poultry farming, aiming for sustainable production and environmental impact mitigation. The specific methods and effectiveness are unclear due to missing abstract, but it ma…

Maksims Feofilovs, Linda Gulbe-Viluma, Andrei Grishanov +5

This study presents a proof-of-concept workflow integrating Sentinel-2 land-cover classification (Random Forest) with emission factors to upscale peatland GHG estimates in Latvia. Classification accuracy was high for spectrally distinct cla…

Tasfaye Fayisa, Bartlomiej Rokicki

This study examines the relationship between agricultural total factor productivity and farm-gate GHG emissions in low- to upper-middle-income countries from 1993-2021. It finds that population growth and food production drive emissions, wh…

Jessica Heloiza Coutinho, Saul Ramos de Oliveira, Hilário Junior Almeida +6

This study evaluates the impact of crop diversification on soil GHG emissions (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) in no-till soybean systems in the Brazilian Cerrado. More diversified systems (e.g., with crotalaria and Urochloa) reduced N₂O emissions by up to …

Mayela De la Cruz-Guzmán, Xiomara López, Adriana Pérez +1

This study estimates the carbon footprint of a Mexican university using the GHG Protocol. Results show Scope 2 energy consumption contributes 56%, Scope 3 waste 34%, and Scope 1 direct emissions 10%. The inventory supports GHG reduction pol…

Lukas Grosch, Michael Brink, André Butz +7

This study quantifies CO2 and CO emissions from the Bremen steelworks using ground-based remote sensing (FTIR, DOAS, Doppler wind lidar) and a Gaussian plume model. The CO/CO2 emission ratio (3.46%) agrees with inventories, but absolute emi…

Ruchita Ingle, Laurent Bataille, Wietse Franssen +6

This study establishes a pre-restoration baseline for peatlands in the Netherlands and Belgium using vegetation surveys, satellite data, and water table depth measurements. GHG emissions are estimated via the GEST framework linking vegetati…

Carly Whittaker, Emma Hubbert, Paul Henshall +3

Approximately 54% of UK woodlands are undermanaged. This study assesses carbon impacts of restoring management using national GHG inventory models and stand-level assessments. Results show that for most woodland types, carbon losses persist…

Franziska Koebsch, Vytas Huth, John Couwenberg +2

This paper evaluates peatland rewetting for emission reduction and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) using radiative forcing modeling and the GWP* metric with German emission factors. It analyzes best- and worst-case scenarios, including CH4 pul…