GX & Decarbonization Research

Mamoona Bashir, Sivasegaran Nadarajan, Abdul Basit Noor +1

This paper comparatively analyzes Norway's and Russia's National Climate Change Policies in the changing Arctic. Norway prioritizes environmental protection, international cooperation, and sustainable ocean use, while Russia treats melting …

Houtian Tang, Peng Cheng, Ke Liu +3

Using panel data for 110 cities in China's Yangtze River Economic Belt (2010-2023), this study applies two-way fixed-effects, mediation, and spatial Durbin models to test whether new urbanization (NU) drives green and low-carbon transformat…

Xing Fan, Qidi LIANG

Analyzes the 2025 NDC submission round: most Parties filed late, all applied the information guidance, most covered all IPCC sectors and GHGs, and over 95% responded to the first Global Stocktake. Argues continuous NDC communication is cent…

Zixuan Liu, Liming Ge, Xiang Chen +3

An empirical study examining how China's energy transition policies shape corporate sustainability behavior, co-authored by researchers at Chinese and Singaporean universities. It links policy intervention to firm-level environmental and su…

Yangyang Yao, Cheng Zhang, Shengyi Ding +2

Using Chinese A-share listed firms and a difference-in-differences design, this study examines how China’s Chain Leader System (CLS) affects corporate green low-carbon innovation. CLS significantly increases green patent output, operating t…

Shuo Gao, Xuan Cao, Xianghan Wang +1

This paper builds a three-player evolutionary game model (government, construction enterprises, academic/research institutions) to analyze collaborative innovation in green intelligent building technologies under dual-carbon and digital tra…

Setu Pelz, Oliver Fricko, Keywan Riahi +9

A new framework embeds principle-based fair-share considerations directly into integrated assessment scenario generation. Renewables and electrification trajectories stay largely unchanged across fair-share variants, but restricting transfe…

Hee Jung Kim

This article compares how constitutional rights are being created and reconstructed in climate litigation, focusing on Korea's 2024 Constitutional Court decision on the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality. It examines two models—the U.S. Jul…

Christina Zinke, Nora Mittelstädt, Daniela Thrän +1

This study reviews established monitoring systems tied to Germany's bioeconomy, screening 100 initiatives and classifying 71 regularly reporting ones by sector, sustainability pillar, and EU Bioeconomy Strategy goals. Coverage is strong for…

U. Martin Persson, Bengt Brülde, Fredrik Hedenus +1

This paper proposes a normative framework for allocating national climate mitigation responsibility among societal actors. Forward-looking responsibility is built from backward-looking responsibility, benefit from harmful activities, and mi…

Sally Semple

The UK introduced Building Regulations Part O (Overheating) to address rising summer overheating risk in housing. Using large-scale EPC data for apartments built 2021–2025, this study tracks adoption of passive and active cooling strategies…

Pedro Henrique Batista de Barros, Felipe César Marques, José Eustáquio Ribeiro Vieira Filho +1

Using municipality-level two-way fixed-effects panel data, the study evaluates Brazil's Low-Carbon Agriculture Policy (ABC) Subprogram for Recovery of Degraded Pastures (SRDP). SRDP credit significantly promotes pasture recovery, with posit…

Xueping Hu, Xiaodong Liu

Using panel data for 31 Chinese provinces (2000–2022), this study builds trade and low-carbon indices, identifies four latent regimes with 94.3% annual persistence, and applies ML with SHAP plus double ML to estimate FTZ effects. Coordinati…

Dr. R. Suji Karthika

Drawing on secondary data from international policy documents and institutional reports, this paper examines challenges and opportunities in global climate governance for achieving SDG 13. It identifies inadequate climate finance, capacity …

Pepijn Quast, Wouter Boon, Sanne Akerboom

A legislative analysis of how EU energy law articulates consumer empowerment, using a sustainability transitions framework with four dimensions: identity vs. resource-mobilisation, autonomy vs. power-shift, general public vs. marginalised g…

Teresa Rodríguez-Espinosa, Ana Pérez-Gimeno, María Belén Almendro Candel +2

A 35-year (1991–2025) longitudinal study of Spain's environmental assessment records as a proxy for national energy transition. Grey infrastructure (transport, civil engineering) dominated 1991–2010, while post-2018 saw an unprecedented sur…

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A comparative study of greenhouse gas emission trends and decarbonization initiatives across Japanese 'Environmental Model Cities.' It contrasts emission trajectories and policy measures between municipalities, offering implications for loc…

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This is an overview of a Japanese study group report on scenario development for greenhouse gas reduction technologies. It outlines technology deployment outlooks and policy directions, providing a foundation for a decarbonization technolog…

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A study on global warming countermeasures within PFI (Private Finance Initiative) projects. It examines how decarbonization and energy-saving measures can be embedded in public infrastructure delivery that leverages private finance and expe…

Hughes, Hunter

This paper argues that the pace and direction of sustainable technology diffusion across energy, transport, and industry are shaped by the interplay of political institutions, market incentives, and social demand. It analyzes barriers from …