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🇨🇳 ChinaJournalEurasian Economic Review2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Paying the price: debt financing implications of China’s carbon emission trading scheme
Xi Zhang, Jialei Ma, Xinyuan Xu +1
This paper empirically examines the impact of China's carbon emission trading scheme (ETS) on corporate debt financing costs. It quantifies how carbon pricing introduces financial risk, linking climate policy to capital markets.
Preprint🇺🇸 USA2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Systematic Application and Breakthrough Paths of New Electric Energy Technologies in Energy Transition
Yini Hu
This paper argues that the low-carbon, intelligent, and systematic upgrading of the power industry determines the overall effectiveness of energy transition, against the backdrop of global carbon neutrality and China's dual-carbon strategy.…
Preprint🌍 GlobalResearch Square2026#Scope 3DOI
Comparative Carbon Accounting Using Distance-Based and Average Data Methods in Employee Commuting Emissions
Ajayi O, Ugwu J, Okonta ED
This study compares two methods for calculating employee commuting emissions (Scope 3, Category 7) using a case study of Middlesbrough Council (UK). A survey of 100 employees found that the Distance-Based Method estimated 1,241 tCO₂e/year, …
Preprint🌍 GlobalResearch Square2026#PolicyDOI
Institutional Legitimacy and Sustainable Nuclear Energy Governance: A Comparative Sociotechnical Analysis
Qudrat-Ullah H
This paper argues that long-term sustainability of nuclear energy depends on institutional legitimacy within sociotechnical governance. It develops a Trust-Equity-Transparency-Inclusion (TETI) Index and finds that higher transparency and st…
Preprint🌍 GlobalZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Codes for "Global maritime fuel policies accelerate decarbonization but narrow regional participation"
Xiang, Xueying
This paper analyzes how global maritime fuel policies accelerate decarbonization while potentially narrowing regional participation. It provides cost optimization methods for green hydrogen production and renewable energy systems, identifyi…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnergy and Fuels2025#AI × ESGDOI
Advances in Machine-Learning-Driven CO2 Geological Storage: A Comprehensive Review and Outlook
Lin K.
This review comprehensively examines the application of machine learning (ML) to CO2 geological storage. It covers predictive modeling, site selection, monitoring, and risk assessment, highlighting how ML enhances storage efficiency and saf…
Peer-reviewed🇺🇸 USAJournalStahl Und Eisen2025#Energy Transition
Integrated Mill to Mini Mill to Hybrid Mill for greener steel industry in the U.S
Yin H.
This paper explores the transition pathway from integrated mills to mini mills and hybrid mills for decarbonizing the U.S. steel industry. It compares environmental impacts and operational characteristics of each mill type, aiming to identi…
🌍 GlobalReportAccelerating the Transition to A Hydrogen Economy Achieving Carbon Neutrality2025#HydrogenDOI
Accelerating the Transition to a Hydrogen Economy
Kurniawan T.A.
This paper discusses strategies to accelerate the transition to a hydrogen economy, likely covering hydrogen production, storage, utilization technologies, and policy support.
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalJournal of Industrial Ecology2026#Disclosure InfrastructureDOI
Using organizational life cycle assessment to meet ESRS data requirements: evidence from a case study
Sauer S.
This paper empirically demonstrates how organizational life cycle assessment (O-LCA) can be used to meet the data requirements of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Through a case study, it shows that O-LCA can efficien…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnergies2026#HydrogenDOI
Hydrogen in the Energy Transition: A System-Level Review of Production Pathways, Infrastructure, and Deployment Challenges
Ankica Kovač, Shahab Nooshmand
This review systematically compares hydrogen production pathways using five criteria: carbon intensity, technology readiness level, efficiency, scalability, and infrastructure compatibility. It covers fossil-based, fossil with carbon mitiga…
🌍 GlobalEnvironmental and Resource Economics2026#Transition FinanceDOI
Corporate Net Zero Transition and Financing Cost: Evidence of Impact from the Global Energy and Utilities Sectors
X. Y. Zhou, Rachel Williams, G. Shrimali
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of corporate net zero transition on financing costs in the global energy and utilities sectors. It reveals the effect of transition plan announcements on costs and assesses investor reactions.
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management2026#GreenwashingDOI
Impact of Emission Reduction Targets on Corporate Greenwashing: International Empirical Evidence
Antonio J. Mateo‐Márquez, J. M. González-González, Constancio Zamora‐Ramírez
This study investigates how characteristics of emission reduction targets influence corporate greenwashing. Analyzing 4,938 international observations via probit regression, it finds that science-based validation and broader organizational …
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalPolymers2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Polypropylene Processing Using Primary Industrial Data
Chiara Antonacci, Elena Battiston, Diego Zamboni +2
This study quantifies the cradle-to-gate carbon footprint of polypropylene processing using primary industrial data from European facilities. Combining sensitivity and scenario analyses, it identifies practical priorities: recycled PP, impr…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalOpen MIND2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Carbon Pricing Without Carbon Abatement? Environmental Taxation, Emission Intensity, and Trade Competitiveness in EU-27 Agri-Food Systems, 2005–2024
Hasan Tutar
This paper examines the effectiveness of carbon pricing in EU-27 agri-food systems, suggesting it may affect trade competitiveness more than emissions reduction. It analyzes the relationship between environmental taxation and emission inten…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#AI × ESGDOI
Improving energy autonomy of positive energy districts using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning
Šribar, Jernej, Mohorcic, Mihael, Čampa, Andrej
This paper proposes CoMAD V2G, a multi-agent deep reinforcement learning framework for coordinated management of V2G-enabled EVs and shared energy storage in Positive Energy Districts. Validated with real-world datasets, it reduces grid rel…
PreprintCNarXiv2026#Policy
Satellite-based emissions estimate indicates progress toward China's methane mitigation goals
Ziting Huang, Ao Chen, Leyang Feng +7
Using TROPOMI satellite observations and an inverse model, this study quantifies daily methane emissions from China (2019-2024). Eastern & Central China show an increase rate of 0.3 Tg/yr², likely milder than the 2010s. Coal mine emission i…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Law2025#Disclosure InfrastructureDOI
EU and Corporate Sustainability: Meeting the European Standards – CSRD and CSDDD Explained
Vâlcu E.N.
This paper explains the key points of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). These directives mandate sustainability reporting and due diligence for compani…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalClimatic Change2025#Transition FinanceDOI
The role of corporate green bonds in managing greenhouse gas emissions
Reitsema L.
This paper examines how corporate green bonds contribute to greenhouse gas emission reduction. Green bonds finance environmental projects and may influence issuers' emission management practices.
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalJournal of global economics, management & business research2026#GreenwashingDOI
Corporate Greenwashing in the ESG Era: Sustainability Claims, Regulatory Challenges, and Investor Risk
Ukamaka Mercy Esomchi, M. Adeoba, Ahunna Eleanor Dike
This review synthesizes multidisciplinary literature on corporate greenwashing, tracing its evolution from early legitimacy-based accounts to contemporary measurement frameworks based on the gap between disclosed and actual environmental pe…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalApplied Sciences2026#OtherDOI
Special Issue “Eco-Friendly Building Materials Made from Industrial Waste”—Reasons for Taking Up the Topic
A. Stempkowska, T. Gawenda
This review article introduces the special issue on eco-friendly building materials made from industrial waste (fly ash, slag, plastic waste). It critically addresses challenges such as the upcoming shortage of traditional fly ash from the …