GX & Decarbonization Research

Lee, Jin, McJeon, Haewon, Bertram, Christoph +1

Using GCAM-Macro, this study assesses how nuclear deployment preferences and technology costs affect Korea's GDP under net-zero by 2050. Higher nuclear preference and lower capital cost cut the GDP loss from 2.0% to 1.4% (a 29% saving), rai…

Kuo, Cheng-pin, Chung, Shih-Ming, Fu, Joshua S. +5

Using Taiwan as a case, an integrated LEAP-CMAQ-CRF framework links net-zero pathways to air quality and mortality. Net-zero cuts PM2.5 by 35.7% but raises MDA8 O3 by 18.8%; under +2°C warming, PM2.5-related deaths fall 7.0% while O3-relate…

Wegener, Moritz, Neuwahl, Frederik, Salvucci, Raffaele +5

Presents energy-supply findings of the CETO2026 deep-decarbonization pathway for the EU, built with the POTEnCIA hybrid model and aligned with the European Climate Law. Electricity demand more than doubles to over 6000 TWh by 2050, with win…

Rinaldi, Lorenzo, Citterio, Camilla, Casella, Gabriele +3

Macroeconomic and IAM-CGE models lack physical consistency of material flows, a key gap for low-carbon transitions dependent on critical raw materials. This ENTICE project paper proposes a model-linking framework that translates economic ou…

Modi, Dhruv, Kennedy, Kathleen, Zhao, Alicia +3

This paper develops an automated vetting toolkit to diagnose and correct state-level input calibration in GCAM-USA, an integrated assessment model. It combines EIA API data retrieval, output harmonization, diagnostic visualization with algo…

Fragkiadakis, Dimitris, Manfroni, Michele, Fragkiadakis, Kostas +1

This study quantifies socio-economic implications of EU industrial decarbonization to 2050 using the GEM-E3 CGE model, extended with a technology-rich steelmaking module and a dedicated industrial CCS module. Comparing a frozen policy pathw…

Chanda, Debmallya, Peralta, Catarina, Verdolini, Elena +1

This paper adds a dedicated digital-services sector to the WITCH integrated assessment model, capturing digitalisation's dual role of raising electricity demand while boosting energy productivity. Digital services are produced from digital …

Kim, Haein, Kim, Yong-Gun, Jung, Tae Yong +1

This study soft-links a global CGE model (UNICON-G) with a bottom-up power optimization model (UNICON-POWER) to assess hydropower degradation in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam under deep decarbonization. A ~20% hydropower shortfall by 2040 rai…

Madianos, Michail, Fragkos, Panagiotis, Baka, Maro +4

A review of 77 integrated assessment and energy system models finds agriculture is widely simplified as a static land-use emissions source rather than a dynamic energy consumer. The authors classify agricultural operations into pre-producti…

Su Yan, Hongming Na, Yuxing Yuan +2

This study analyzes how energy consumption, carbon emissions, and cost are coupled in integrated steel production, using multi-objective optimization to explore decarbonization pathways. Steelmaking is among the largest industrial emitters,…

Baker E.

A perspective piece examining the equity implications of transitioning to net zero energy systems. Though no abstract is available, it likely highlights distributive and social justice dimensions of decarbonization pathways and their releva…

Williams J.H.

This paper offers observations on the transition toward a net-zero energy system in the United States. With no abstract available, the specific contributions and findings cannot be assessed; the title suggests a focus on US energy transitio…

Azevedo I.

A review mapping what is known and unknown about net-zero emissions energy systems. It frames the overall decarbonization pathway and highlights open research and policy questions rather than presenting new empirical results.

Starke E.

A comparative study of U.S. and Canadian pathways to net-zero, examining similarities and contrasts in national decarbonization trajectories. Though no abstract is available, it likely contrasts policy design and pathway choices across the …

Levesque M.Y.

A scenario study examining decarbonisation pathways for Ontario's metal mining sector toward net-zero GHG emissions. It outlines emission-reduction routes and policy/industry implications for the mining sector. Methods and findings are uncl…

L. Hirth

The paper disentangles two conflated notions of electricity price variation: 'variability' across delivery times (driven by non-storability) and 'volatility' across trading times (driven by uncertainty), formalized in a simple day-ahead/imb…

Nasir Abbas, Farooq Ahmad, A. Akram +1

This conceptual synthesis builds an integrative framework linking renewable-energy deployment to SDG outcomes via context, governance, life-cycle activities, and distributional effects. It introduces a five-level evidence ladder separating …

Andreea Claudia Șerban, Ayhan Kuloğlu, Emrah Koçak +3

Using panel quantile regression across 27 OECD countries (2002–2020), this study examines how public R&D support for low-carbon energy (a green innovation proxy) and environmental policy stringency (EPS) relate to three SDG-7 dimensions: el…

Rong Song, Yecui Hu, Yu Liu +2

A case study of Jinan City analyzing the water-energy-carbon nexus across whole-process water system management scenarios. It likely quantifies how energy use and carbon emissions from water supply and treatment shift under alternative mana…

Etienne Schneider, Alina Brad, Wim Carton +1

This commentary argues that expectations around CDR and CCS are reshaping the political economy of climate mitigation. Claims to residual and 'hard-to-abate' emissions can serve as a strategy to resist decarbonization and avoid asset strand…