GX & Decarbonization Research

Qianqian Xue, Shuoshuo Zhao, Changyu Zhou +1

This study combines material flow analysis, LCA, and policy text analysis to compare end-of-life management of EV batteries, PV modules, and wind blades across China, the EU, and Japan. Global 'new trio' waste is projected to exceed 16.7 Mt…

Luderer, Gunnar, Riahi, Keywan, Mathur, Ritu +5

First policy brief from the Science Panel for the Global Energy Transition. Using Paris-aligned modelled pathways reflecting 2025 emissions trends and clean technology status, it sets quantitative milestones for the fossil fuel transition—d…

Yong-Gun Kim, Haein Kim, Tae Yong Jung +2

This study links a computable general equilibrium model with a power-system model to assess how regional low-carbon power trade in Northeast Asia affects national macroeconomies. It quantifies the economic effects and policy implications of…

YangYu You, Takuyuki Yoshioka, Hyun Bae Kim

This study examines the marginal carbon impacts and energy contributions of low-grade wood biomass within optimized supply chains. It assesses how supply-chain design choices shape the decarbonization value of biomass use. Without an abstra…

Qinwen Tang, Tianyi Wang, Nan Zhou +1

Combining a Kaya-based emission model with Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis, this study projects operational carbon trajectories for commercial buildings across 16 countries from 2024 to 2060. China's emissions peak around 2033 at 1,150 MtC…

Cao K.H.

An empirical study examining how affordable deep decarbonization is for industry across countries. It likely compares how energy prices, carbon regulation and industrial structure shape cost burdens. Though no abstract is available, the com…

Seaman, John

This policy brief uses the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz in early 2026 as a stress test of China's energy security, which China passed better than expected. It argues China now pursues a three-part climate leadership bid: export…

Cao H.

This study analyzes how clean energy supply can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions across global automotive manufacturing. It focuses on the extent to which renewable energy procurement can cut manufacturing-stage (Scope 1/2-equivalent) emis…

Hao-Ming Ma, Wen-Nan Long, A. Ravikumar

This study quantifies incremental transport GHG emissions from pipeline rerouting, alternative terminals, and supplier substitution under three six-month Hormuz disruption scenarios. Added transport emissions are similar across scenarios (5…

Mridul Deka

Manufacturing accounts for ~20% of global GHG emissions, facing tension between mid-century carbon neutrality and economic growth. This review synthesizes literature on electrification, hydrogen metallurgy, CCUS, and circular manufacturing,…

Wenwen Li, Yizhou Sun, Zhengliang Hu

This study critiques the IMO 2023 GHG Strategy and 2025 Draft Net-Zero Framework through a climate-realism lens combining legal realism, resource dependence, and securitization theory. A Norway–China comparison shows one-size-fits-all aggre…

Stevanato N, Pellegrini M, Colombo E

This paper soft-links a long-term multi-carrier optimisation model (Hypatia) with an hourly model (Calliope) for Italy, testing 2030/2040/2050 pathways under 8760-hour weather stress. Temporal aggregation materially distorts scenario interp…

Govindan K.

An expert review mapping emerging techno-economic and policy research needs for net-zero shipping. It frames barriers to alternative fuels and decarbonization technologies alongside the policy and regulatory designs needed to accelerate the…

Linhui Wang, Bin Guan, Tiankui Zhu +5

A review of 155 publications maps genuinely green methanol routes based on renewable hydrogen and sustainable carbon, plus transitional fossil retrofits and less mature electrochemical or photocatalytic options. It compares technical maturi…

Yangzhiwei Wan, Shuo Liu, Xiaoqi Tong +4

A systematic review synthesizing life-cycle evidence on environmental, economic, and social trade-offs in global steel decarbonization. It examines how pathways such as hydrogen-based reduction and electrification affect costs, employment, …

Marco Dueñas, Antoine Mandel

An agent-based monetary input-output network model simulates medium-term effects of climate policy on production networks and sectoral labour allocation over 2026-2035. Comparing NDC and deeper-reduction scenarios, it finds asymmetric restr…

Nuclear Energy Agency

OECD/NEA and EPRI present plant-level LCOE data for 23 technologies across 21 countries, covering SMRs, hydrogen turbines, and fossil fuels with/without CCUS. Only nuclear LTO, hydro, and onshore wind/solar (excluding system costs) fall bel…

Pedro Antonio Merino García, José María Martínez Pérez

The clean energy transition reduces fossil fuel reliance but creates new dependence on critical minerals whose processing China dominates, giving it leverage over prices and supply. Countries are pursuing industrial policy and tariffs to di…

Ying Zhou, Jialin Shi, Hongfang Lü +1

This chapter argues conventional gas is neither a universal bridge fuel nor inherently incompatible with decarbonization; its transitional role is conditional, system-specific, regionally differentiated, and time-bound. Transitional value v…

Wang Gu, Jinze Li, Yue Xu +3

This study uses dynamic material flow analysis to quantify the global metabolism of five PGMs (Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru) across five regions from 2011 to 2025. Demand centers shifted toward East Asia, North America, and Europe, with Pd and Rh sha…