GX & Decarbonization Research

Mary Ann Pastrana, Khanssa Lagdami, Angelica Baylon

This study examines policy coherence and governance gaps in maritime decarbonization for the Philippine domestic ferry sector. Based on a survey of 100 stakeholders, it finds that existing policies provide a foundation but face challenges i…

Haider Mahmood, Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, G. Meraj +1

This review analyzes the environmental impact of energy prices within the EKC framework using bibliometric analysis and narrative synthesis of 67 studies from 1997-2025. It finds renewable energy transition as a dominant theme. Empirical sy…

Qiang Liu

This study empirically analyzes the impact of China's low-carbon city pilot policy on urban ecosystem service value (UESV) using a double machine learning (DML) model. It causally estimates the policy effect, showing that the policy signifi…

Yu Hong, Shen Yi Zhang, Chang Gao

Using China's vertical management reform of environmental enforcement as a quasi-natural experiment, this study employs staggered DID on 2012-2023 firm registration data to show the reform significantly boosts low-carbon firm entry. Mechani…

Junwei Zhao, Huiqin Zhang, Yexia Zhang +3

This paper analyzes the trade-offs between trade-in and deposit-refund recycling strategies under a carbon tax and recycling target responsibility system, offering insights for corporate decision-making and policy design.

David M. McEvoy, Matthew McGinty

This paper explores the role of transfers in international environmental agreements (IEAs) on abatement under the threat of solar geoengineering (SGE) deployment. Transfers can expand the set of stable IEAs, reduce SGE deployment, and lead …

Volker Roeben

This chapter analyzes the intersection of international energy law and climate protection policies. It examines how institutions like the Energy Charter Treaty and WTO adapt to energy transition, referencing the Paris Agreement and the ICJ'…

Yuliia Biro

This thesis examines the discursive reframing of the EU energy transition after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, using qualitative frame analysis of European Commission communications. It finds a shift from collective responsibility and intern…

Jonas Gamso

This chapter examines how national policies (governance, capacity building, incentives) moderate the negative relationship between climate vulnerability and foreign direct investment. Cross-national analysis shows that stronger policy areas…

S. Maria José Alarcón

This chapter examines the role of climate litigation in fostering energy transition. It clarifies definitions, typologies, and functions of climate litigation, and discusses how case law drives transition. It also covers human rights and ju…

Gerry LAWSON, Víctor Rolo, Jakub Huška +1

This briefing outlines how agroforestry can meet EU sustainability frameworks like the Taxonomy and Carbon Farming Delegated Act. It highlights its absence in nine Member States' adaptation strategies, details nine climate benefits, and sho…

Helena Varkkey, Michelle Ann Miller, David Taylor

This paper examines nature-based solutions (NbS) governance in Southeast Asia through qualitative analysis of policy documents and five case studies across forests, peatlands, and coastal ecosystems. It finds that while NbS framings are inc…

Joana Setzer

This article examines the evolution of climate litigation from a tool to compel action to a forum for contesting the quality and fairness of climate measures. It analyzes 'just transition' litigation, where workers and communities claim cli…

V. M. Gilmundinov

This paper proposes a framework for transitioning to Best Available Technologies (BAT) in Russia's thermal power industry, accounting for regional differences. It finds high spatial heterogeneity in the economic parameters of greening therm…

Dewy Verhoeven, Deniz Kilic, Suphi Şen +1

This paper develops an optimal control model to analyze the tradeoff between peatland drainage for agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions. Applied to Dutch peat meadows, it finds immediate rewetting is socially optimal for most parcels, r…

Meghan Lewis, Brad Benke, Stephanie Carlisle +1

This factsheet outlines performance-based building policy requirements to address embodied carbon—GHG emissions from materials and construction across a building's life cycle. Reducing embodied emissions also mitigates pollution impacts on …

Ru Wang, Dong Han

Using provincial panel data from 31 Chinese regions (2001-2021), this study employs a super-efficiency SBM model to analyze the impact of agricultural insurance on ecological efficiency of grain production. Results show that agricultural in…

Brook Waldman, Meghan Lewis, Jordan Palmeri

Buy Clean policies integrate low-carbon requirements into government procurement of construction materials, using EPDs and GWP limits to reduce embodied carbon. Leveraging government purchasing power, they boost demand for low-carbon materi…

Francesco Lamberti, Pietro Ostellari, Luciano Celi +4

This paper examines the institutional ambiguity of renewable methane derived from biogenic CO2 in Europe's energy transition. Despite technological maturity, the RED III framework privileges electricity-based fuels like hydrogen and e-fuels…

Antti-Ilari Partanen, Tommi Ekholm, Jyri Seppälä +7

We propose a new approach to determine national GHG budgets consistent with the 1.5°C goal and compatible with national GHG inventory accounting. The method adjusts CO2-warming-equivalent budgets for non-CO2 GHGs and LULUCF indirect effects…