GX & Decarbonization Research

Masoyi Garba Sanda, Mustapha Abdullahi, Bappah Adamu Umar +2

This study designs and assesses a grid-connected rooftop solar PV system with battery storage for EV charging under various climatic conditions. Results demonstrate the contribution to energy transition.

Esko Karvinen, Francesco Minunno, Eero Ahokas +6

This study evaluated the applicability of the PREBASO forest growth and carbon balance model to tree-covered urban green spaces in southern Finland. Using airborne laser scanning for tree stand composition and considering soil uncertainty, …

Farrux Turdiniyoz ugli Zokirov

This paper examines the role of financial capital in accelerating green technology R&D and deployment. Using IEA and BNEF data, it shows how public and private investments bridge the commercialization gap for clean energy, modernize grids, …

Ibrahim MOHTI, Voicu D. Dragomir

This paper analyzes the sustainability reports of the top 10 EU oil and gas companies, assessing their alignment with EU decarbonization policies. It examines financial planning, decarbonization strategies, carbon targets, and policy engage…

Mai ElSayed, Arman Aghahosseini, Tansu Galimova +4

This study assesses the transition pathways for Greater Cairo to achieve 100% renewable energy, considering economic, environmental, and social dimensions. It analyzes the potential for renewable energy sources, costs, and policy options to…

Godanointing Aderibigbe

This article argues for comprehensive ESG legal reform in Nigeria to support its energy transition, proposing a unified ESG statute, a transition finance taxonomy, statutory clarification of ESG-related directors' duties, performance-based …

Suzanne Allaire

This guide explains how to create biochar carbon credit projects for newcomers. It covers carbon credit basics, biochar's qualification, scientific stability tests, project steps (biomass, technology, certification standards like Puro.Earth…

Lyudmyla Tautiyeva

Lithuania's multi-apartment renovation program has achieved significant energy efficiency gains, but fails to reach households most affected by energy poverty, and exhibits a rural-urban divide. The paper calls for more inclusive policy des…

Jose Tiago Sousa

This paper critically examines Green Bonds and Sustainability-Linked Bonds within Ecological Modernization Theory, identifying tensions such as greenwashing, economic-environmental decoupling, and equity issues. It argues that effectiveness…

Cristóbal Gallego‐Castillo, Fidel González-Rouco, Alvaro Cuerva‐Tejero +3

This paper provides supplementary materials and results for a regional assessment of wind power potential in low environmental sensitivity areas of Spain. It includes simulation data, tables, figures, and code, supporting renewable energy d…

Kamar Mansouri

This paper examines how monetary policy affects green vs brown finance. It finds that a 100bp rate hike reduces green investment three times more. Market-neutral balance sheet expansions create a structural 'brown bias' by lowering costs fo…

Sanjar Mirzaliev

This paper empirically shows that China's Green Finance Reform and Innovation Pilot Zones (GFRIPZ) stimulate corporate green investments, including clean energy, using a difference-in-differences approach. Mechanisms include restricting fin…

Dirk Roethig

With the global green bond market exceeding €600 billion in 2024, this analysis by Dirk Roethig (VERDANTIS Impact) examines how sustainability-linked bonds, social bonds, and blended finance are accelerating capital markets' transformation …

Lensing, Paul

This study analyzes the impact of the upcoming EU ETS-2 (covering buildings and road transport, effective 2027) on Austrian real estate valuations. It finds that current valuation methods do not adequately account for carbon costs and fail …

Chuyuan Liu, Siyang Tian, Valeriya Vitkova +1

This paper examines how firms respond to the anticipation of future carbon pricing following China's announcement of a national emissions trading system. Using the announcement as an exogenous shock, it finds that while listed firms do not …

Nancy Viviana Hoffmann

This study evaluates the environmental performance and circular economy potential of a feed mill (1000 t/month) in Entre Ríos, Argentina. Using quantitative (material/energy flows, partial carbon footprint covering scopes 1, 2, and transpor…

Ganeshkumar Vijayakumar

This paper proposes a 'Bio-Digital' framework for achieving net zero in the food packaging value chain. It integrates carbon-negative materials in the Physical Layer, biosensors for waste reduction in the Intelligence Layer, and Digital Pro…

Hedelius, Jenelle, Lavey, Warren

The US healthcare sector accounts for 8-10% of total GHG emissions, with operating rooms (ORs) responsible for at least 30% of that. This paper presents OR3mit, a webtool that calculates OR Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon footprints and allows use…

Nicolas Romero Diaz, Maximiliano Udenio, Wim Van Hyfte +1

This paper develops a network-based methodology to estimate firms' indirect Scope 3 emissions across supply chains, using monetary transaction data and Scope 1 & 2 emissions, and shows comparable results can be obtained using only transacti…

Débora Cristina Fanin

This paper analyzes GHG emissions reporting by IT services and software development firms in Brazil using CDP data and case studies. It highlights the complexity of Scope 3 emissions and finds that Brazilian companies lag behind global peer…