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🇨🇳 ChinaJournalEnvironmental Science & Technology2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Product Carbon Footprint Rules Shape Declared Emissions of Electric Vehicles and Traction Batteries
Zongwei Liu, Jianxin Li, Zhihao Xu +2
This study compares China's draft PCF standards for traction batteries and passenger cars, the EU delegated-act battery methodology, and France's environmental-score method against a harmonized reference. Using a parametrized vehicle-batter…
🌍 GlobalDatasetMendeley Data2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Matching Carbon Pricing to Development: Emissions Trading, Carbon Taxes, and Industrial Process Decarbonization
Kejia Yan
A replication dataset for a study of how emissions trading systems (ETS) and carbon taxes affect industrial process CO₂ emissions per capita, using an unbalanced panel of 190 economies from 1990–2024. It supports fixed-effects, nonlinear de…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalPolitics and Governance2022#Carbon PricingDOI
Beyond Control: Policy Incoherence of the EU Emissions Trading System
Willner M.
This paper examines policy incoherence within the EU Emissions Trading System. It analyzes how contradictions between carbon pricing design and overlapping policies affect the scheme's effectiveness, highlighting governance challenges in th…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainable Finance Review2026#Climate FinanceDOI
Small and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable finance – European survey results
Felix Rossmann, Jan Greitens, Lisa Knoll
This study compares two European SME surveys (2023, 2025) on sustainable finance engagement. SMEs rely mainly on internal funds, bank loans, and public programmes, while capital-market and green instruments remain largely irrelevant. Many i…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalTrends in Renewable Energy2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energy Storage for Renewable-Dominant Power Systems: Grid Flexibility, Long-Duration Storage, Safety, Degradation, and Circularity Pathways
P. Ohiero
This review synthesizes electrical, mechanical, electrochemical, thermal, and chemical storage for renewable-dominant grids using a transparent evidence architecture (572-record citation reservoir, 549-study bibliometric corpus, 100 method-…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalDiscover Sustainability2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Estimating the effects of ESG integrated digital sustainability tariffs on export carbon intensity and energy efficiency in emerging markets
G. A. Ogunmola, Ganiev Bakhtiyor Zulfiqor, Khajiev Bakhtiyor Dushaboevich +3
This study proposes and empirically tests a Digital Sustainability Tariff (DST) that embeds digitally verified carbon intensity, energy, water, and ESG metrics into tariff calibration. Using a 30-emerging-economy panel (2008–2024) and insti…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalJURNAL EKSPLORASI AKUNTANSI2026#Disclosure InfrastructureDOI
Navigating the Challenges and Benefits of Sustainability Reporting: Lessons from SMEs
Sakina Nusarifa Tantri
A structured literature review of 31 studies (2009–2025) synthesizes evidence on sustainability reporting (SR) among SMEs. SR improves transparency, accountability, stakeholder trust, operational efficiency, and innovation, yet financial, t…
Preprint🌍 GlobalResearch Square2026#HydrogenDOI
Multi-model assessment of global hydrogen trade under Paris-aligned scenarios
Fakhreddine J, Joshi S, Cassamassima L +3
Two global energy system models (TIAM-UCL, MESSAGEix) are compared under harmonised Paris-aligned scenarios to assess hydrogen trade. Both project a more distributed, regionally integrated market than today's centralised fossil fuel trade: …
🌍 GlobalDatasetZenodo2026#HydrogenDOI
Opportunity losses of green hydrogen production globally, benchmarked against the global green hydrogen project pipeline
Hatton, Luke, Oluleye, Gbemi, Staffell, Iain +3
This study quantifies the opportunity loss (tCO2/MWh) of diverting renewable electricity to green hydrogen using a global geospatial model, comparing hydrogen end-uses against direct electrification, EVs, and heat pumps. Results are benchma…
CNDatasetZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Code and processed data for "From pollution haven to decarbonisation supplier: China's export reversal"
Chen, Yang
This repository releases the analysis code, processed data and figures for a study showing China's shift from pollution haven to decarbonisation-technology supplier. It covers GLORIA v060 MR-SUT embodied-emission accounting (1990-2024), MEI…
🌍 GlobalReportClean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia Domestic Developments and International Opportunities2024#HydrogenDOI
Saudi Arabia and the hydrogen economy: Blue and green hydrogen value chain
Schoonover M.
A study of Saudi Arabia's blue and green hydrogen value chains, examining how a hydrocarbon exporter could pivot toward hydrogen. It maps supply infrastructure, production pathways and policy conditions, offering lessons for import-dependen…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalResearch Policy2015#Carbon PricingDOI
Linking emission trading to environmental innovation: Evidence from the Italian manufacturing industry
Borghesi S.
An empirical study examining whether participation in the EU Emissions Trading System spurs environmental innovation in Italian manufacturing. It assesses how carbon price signals translate into firms' technological upgrading and decarboniz…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalJournal of Industrial Ecology2024#Carbon PricingDOI
Effects of European emissions trading on the transformation of primary steelmaking: Assessment of economic and climate impacts in a case study from Germany
Graupner Y.
A German case study assessing how the EU Emissions Trading System shapes the economic and climate impacts of transforming primary steelmaking. It examines how carbon pricing affects the viability and emissions outcomes of shifting steel pro…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalContemporary Social Sciences2026#Disclosure InfrastructureDOI
Mandatory ESG Disclosure and Corporate Financial Performance: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Firms Listed in Hong Kong and Shenzhen
Shiyu R.
This study uses a difference-in-differences design to estimate the causal effect of mandatory ESG disclosure on corporate financial performance among firms listed in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Treating disclosure mandates as a quasi-natural ex…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalBusiness Strategy and the Environment2026#Climate FinanceDOI
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cost of Debt: Evidence From European Firms Under Mandatory and Voluntary Disclosure
Cicchini D.
An empirical study examining the link between GHG emissions and firms' cost of debt across European firms, distinguishing mandatory from voluntary disclosure regimes. It tests whether higher emitters face higher borrowing costs and how disc…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalApplied Energy2026#Carbon PricingDOI
From border carbon penalties to domestic action: can domestic carbon pricing provide a fairer solution to carbon leakage?
Rui Tang, Dingyao Yu, Chunjia Han +2
Using a recursively updated multi-regional CGE model (GTAP-E) with input-output derived trade shocks, this study compares unilateral border carbon adjustments, coordinated domestic pricing, and cost-equity differentiated pricing. Border-onl…
🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSkemman2026#Carbon Accounting
Integrating direct air carbon capture and storage into carbon markets: Governance, accounting and certification under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the EU ETS
Hannah Siewert 1994-
This qualitative study examines how durable DACCS removals can be integrated into Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the EU compliance architecture through certification, accounting and governance. Based on literature review and nine expe…
CNDatasetMendeley Data2026#Disclosure InfrastructureDOI
Talk, not numbers: entering China's emissions trading system and the carbon content of annual reports
Qing Chen
This study examines how entering China's national emissions trading system affects two margins of corporate carbon reporting: broad carbon-related disclosure and itemized allowance quantities required in annual report notes since 2020. Usin…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management2026#TCFDDOI
Measuring Climate Disclosure Credibility: Symbolic Versus Substantive Reporting Under TCFD in G7 Economies
Santi Gopal Maji, Rituraj Boruah
This study develops a TCFD-aligned measure classifying disclosed information as symbolic or substantive based on specificity, quantification, and firm-specific content, using hand-collected data from G7 firms over 2019–2023. Firm size and p…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Germany's Compensation Scheme for Coal Plant Closures in Reducing Carbon Emissions
Lourenco Wang
This paper evaluates Germany's reverse-auction compensation scheme for coal plant closures (2020-2022). About 9,974 MW was retired for roughly €700 million, implying a first-year abatement cost of ~€18/tCO2 versus an average EU ETS price of…