GX & Decarbonization Research

Phalguni Das Biswas, Pradip Dey, Hasim Kamal Mallick +5

This paper presents the Agriculture Carbon Footprint Assessor (ACFA ver 1.0), a standardized methodology for measuring carbon footprint in Indian agriculture. ACFA integrates region-specific parameters like agro-climatic variability, input-…

Alice Kesminas

This chapter examines how geospatial data and AI can support renewable energy site selection and planning while balancing nature conservation and community values. It warns that poorly implemented tools risk deepening mistrust due to biased…

Swapnanil SenGupta, Aakansha Atal

Using panel data from 185 countries (1995-2022), this study finds that women's empowerment—measured by labor force participation, legal rights, and political empowerment—significantly reduces climate vulnerability and enhances resilience, w…

Omar Castrejon-Campos, Lu Aye, Felix Kin Peng Hui +1

This paper explores robust policy mixes for clean energy transitions in developing countries, using Mexico as a case study. Using exploratory modeling and machine learning, it finds that combining carbon pricing, subsidies, grid expansion, …

Satu Paiho, Julia Kantorovitch, Kalevi Piira +1

This paper investigates how urban planning can support the energy transition through interviews with five Finnish cities committed to carbon neutrality. It identifies challenges such as unclear roles, unsystematic data collection, and fragm…

Frederic Dreher, Tim Ströbel

This study explores how apparel brands foster customer engagement in circular economy (CE) initiatives. Through a single-case study of PUMA's initiatives (RE:FIBRE and RE:SUEDE) with 31 interviews, it identifies eight customer engagement pr…

Alexander Paul Knaak, Philipp Wolf-Zöllner, Markus Lehner

This study evaluates nine CCU technologies for compatibility with Austria's 2030 and 2040 climate targets using harmonized life cycle assessment. Four technologies, including direct hydrogenation to methanol, meet 2030 criteria; by 2040 onl…

André Baumann

This project provides an independent civic dashboard and reproducible data pipeline for tracking Ireland's electricity transition. It harvests public data, validates it, and visualizes annual RES-E progress and demand-pressure scenarios fro…

Rui Song, Yin Feng, Jan-Peter Muller +4

This study quantifies how aerosol pollution from coal plants reduces solar PV output globally. In 2023, aerosols reduced global PV generation by 5.8% (111 TWh), equivalent to one-third of new PV capacity additions. China suffered the larges…

Mohammad Alresheedi, Meshari S. Alharbi, Md. Shafiquzzaman +4

This study evaluates the water, energy, and carbon (WEC) footprint of Qassim University in Saudi Arabia using the GHG Protocol for Scope I, II, and III emissions from 2022-2025. Results show energy savings of 33% from sensors, decreased Sco…

Mujahed Makki Mohammed Bala

This thesis investigates the architectural transformation of service stations in Wellington to address decarbonization and disaster readiness. It finds existing stations constrained by fossil-fuel logics and proposes the Pātiki Design Frame…

Gulam Husain Patel

This dissertation assesses the climate change performance of hydrogen production and utilization in power-to-X systems using LCA. Green hydrogen has the lowest carbon footprint among assessed pathways, and upstream emissions from fossil hyd…

Weijia Liu, Shiquan Dou, Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah

This paper constructs a global index measuring policy intervention in resource nationalism and analyzes its implications for the energy transition. It quantifies changes in resource-related policies across countries and assesses supply risk…

Russell Wise, Paul James Box, Seona Meharg +7

The ERI initiative addresses investment deficits in climate adaptation and DRR by advancing two transformational agendas: enhancing risk and financial assessments to consider systemic risks, and building coalitions for governing investments…

Roncato Tounsi Christophe

This paper discusses the importance of considering material-flow boundaries beyond emissions in California's transport transition scenarios, analyzing resource constraints and supply chain impacts for decarbonization.

Simay Kızılkaya, Sevil Acar, Bengisu Özenç

This study evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of phasing out coal subsidies in Muğla, Türkiye, using input-output analysis. It compares direct removal with three alternative scenarios reallocating funds to green energy, circul…

Srivastava, Ehina, Pokigo, Cecily, Patel, Kunj +7

This paper proposes CASHEW, a system integrating wave energy converters with carbon sequestration to pump CO2 into geological formations. It identifies structural and gravitational trapping in saline aquifers as feasible, models system perf…

Khanal, Kapil, Michelén Ströfer, Carlos, Haji, maha +1

This workshop introduces MarineHydro.jl, a fully differentiable boundary element method solver that provides exact sensitivities of hydrodynamic coefficients via automatic differentiation. It enables gradient-based optimization for marine r…

Amaha AH, Rao AB

This study quantitatively evaluates how hybridization in renewable mini-grids reduces battery storage requirements. Comparing five configurations, it shows that hybridization can cut storage from 250 kWh to 50 kWh and reduce LCOE by 56.8%. …

Titz, Maurizio, Kaiser, Franz, Kruse, Johannes +3

This study assesses the risk of cascading failures and system splits in the European power grid under different decarbonization scenarios. It identifies critical transmission infrastructures and shows that mitigation costs remain low.