GX & Decarbonization Research

Andi Wawo Haedir Ali1*

This paper rethinks the role of accounting in a fractured world, focusing on ESG assurance and sustainability reporting as tools to combat greenwashing. It explores challenges in enhancing credibility and transparency in corporate disclosur…

Erasmia Angelaki, Stavros Garefalakis, Ioannis Samaras +1

This conceptual study examines aligning ESG frameworks with green accounting to incorporate natural capital valuation into sustainability reporting. Through literature analysis, it identifies disconnects between standardized ESG indicators …

Bartlomiej Arendarczyk, Ankita Saxena, Almut Arneth +2

Climate mitigation scenarios often rely on bioenergy, but agrivoltaics can generate electricity with higher land use efficiency. Modeling shows replacing bioenergy with agrivoltaics requires 30 times less land, preserving 106 Mha of natural…

Nugroho Agung Pambudi, Budi Harjanto, Indra Mamad Gandidi +1

This study evaluates the energy, exergy, and environmental implications of retrofitting an existing single-flash geothermal power plant with a triple-flash brine recovery system, considering silica scaling effects. It provides a quantitativ…

Kemala Hayati, Nurunnashiha Nurunnashiha, Aryana Rachmad Sulistya +3

This paper proposes a climate change risk management system for the construction sector to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It focuses on the Indonesian construction industry, integrating environmental risk a…

Maria Kola-Bezka, Krzysztof Leki

This paper examines household energy sufficiency—reducing energy use to essential levels—during the energy crisis, analyzing the negotiation between comfort and conservation. It explores how household demand reduction contributes to the ene…

Daniel Wuebben, Sonia Aránzazu Ferruz González, Duilio Lorenzo Calcagno +2

Surveying 404 university students across five countries, this study finds that support for energy transition policies is shaped more by policy framing (health co-benefits vs. economic harm) than by climate beliefs. Proposes a critical langu…

E.M. Ruiz-Navas, Ignacio Báscones Velasco, Íñigo Muñoz Gutiérrez

This paper reviews the evolution of critical raw materials (CRM) frameworks from the 1939 US Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to the present, comparing EU and US methodologies. It analyzes the 2023 EU list in detail, includ…

Fikayo Akeredolu

This article compares Nigeria's Mission 300 National Energy Compact and NDC 3.0, arguing that both articulate justice without institutionalizing it. It finds few mechanisms for affordability, participation, or protection of vulnerable group…

Olatunde Ibiyinka, Tolu Omotoso, Ndubuisi Ekekwe

This review systematically examines AI-driven forecasting techniques for integrating renewable energy into power grids. It covers machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and hybrid models applied to generation, demand, stor…

Jose Barrales-Ruiz, Pablo Neudörfer

This study analyzes the impact of green patents on the relative equity valuations of brown and green energy companies using US-listed energy ETFs from 2005 to 2020. It finds that after the Paris Agreement, increases in the economic value of…

Sodikin, Mutiara Salsabiela, Yoga Candra Maulana

This study estimates the mangrove area needed to offset anthropogenic carbon emissions in Gresik Regency, Indonesia, using field surveys and GIS. It finds that certain subdistricts require additional mangrove areas to neutralize emissions, …

Lara Abou Chehade, G. Pizzileo, A.S. Atzori +2

This study assesses the impact of agroecological transition scenarios on GHG emissions in Sardinia's agricultural sector using life cycle assessment. It finds that expanding organic farming and converting to permanent grasslands and agrofor…

Carlos Mantilla, Chiara Bustreo, Francesco Gracceva +11

Fusion could provide firm carbon-free power, but commercialization is uncertain. Using the EUROfusion TIMES model, this study finds that a 21% share of global electricity by 2100 requires commercialization by 2040, fast capacity doubling, s…

Ashraf Sadat Pasandideh, Ghazaleh Ezaan

This study analyzes Iran's electricity and energy policies using the energy triangle framework (economic development, energy security/access, sustainability). Through thematic analysis of policy documents and energy balance sheets, it revea…

J. Elliott Campbell, Roland Geyer

This study evaluates the life-cycle emissions trade-off of retiring functional ICE vehicles early for BEV replacement. It finds consistent emissions reductions across most scenarios, including new ICE vehicles, highlighting the mitigation p…

Józef Ciuła, Elżbieta Sobiecka, Agnieszka Woźniak +5

This study compares end products from biological treatment of organic waste from mixed and selectively collected waste in Poland. Results show significant differences in physicochemical parameters, requiring different management: one produc…

Hasan Tutar, Dilek Baykal

Reanalyzing EU27 data from 1990-2022, this study shows that aggregate decoupling masks a reallocation of emission burdens across sectors. New indicators reveal a shift toward harder-to-abate sectors like transport, residential, and agricult…

Jose Barrales-Ruiz, Pablo Neudörfer

This study analyzes how the economic value of green patents affects relative equity valuations of fossil-fuel (brown) and renewable (green) energy companies in the US from 2005 to 2020. Using local projections, it finds that increases in hi…

Mayte Molina-Camacho, Gerry LAWSON, Sonja Kay +3

This briefing explores how agroforestry carbon farming projects can align with the EU Carbon Removals Certification Framework (CRCF) and EU Sustainable Taxonomy, focusing on sustainable water use and protection. It highlights the benefits o…