GX & Decarbonization Research

Fawad Khan, Arshad Ali Khan, Zarar Khan +4

This paper designs, fabricates, and characterizes a low-cost alkaline HHO generator using uncatalyzed SS-316L electrodes and 30 wt% NaOH, built from locally available Pakistani components. At 12 V/22 A it produced 0.01 L/s hydrogen at 41% s…

K. Bhat, Ashish Srivastava, M. Tabakovic

This study presents a MILP framework for techno-economic optimization of hydrogen networks linking interconnected Renewable Energy Communities (RECs), integrating renewables, battery storage, local H2 production/storage, pipeline and truck …

Ying-Nan Cong, Wen-Ting Zhang, Xiao-Jing Cai +1

This study benchmarks standalone and hybrid deep learning models (Transformer, Informer, TCN, BiGRU, TCN-Transformer, TCN-BiGRU) for forecasting EU-ETS EUA futures prices using high-frequency OHLC data. Recurrent architectures generally out…

Klaus J. Vor der Horst, Benedikt-Lucas Peter

This paper develops a theoretical framework showing how declining regulatory credibility undermines emissions trading systems. It identifies two channels: weakened preventive decarbonization investment and reduced effectiveness of later reg…

Zhaohua Wang, Yukun Wang, Hongzhi Zhang +3

This study assesses the cost-effectiveness of emission reductions in China's steel, cement, and electrolytic aluminum industries. It likely compares marginal abatement costs across sectors, offering implications for carbon pricing and indus…

Huijun Wu, Chang Su, Yu Zhang +4

This study builds an Industrial Structure–Ecological Environment–Carbon Emissions (IEC) nexus framework to assess coordinated development in Huainan, a Chinese coal-resource city, from 2000 to 2022. Using entropy weighting, coupling coordin…

Ifran Khan, Huangbao Gui, Chin Man Chui +3

This paper examines volatility spillovers across energy transition ETFs, linking critical materials exposure to network connectedness. It proposes network-aware portfolio construction for managing GX-related investment risk. No abstract was…

Xiaona Hu, Jing Li, Ke Chen +1

Using an LCA framework, this study quantifies life-cycle carbon emissions of a gasoline light commercial truck across raw material, manufacturing, and use stages in China. Over 90% of the total footprint comes from the use phase, dominated …

Gevan Naufal Wala, Fergisa Rindang Primadi

This paper analyzes the link between sustainability reporting and capital market reactions through a financial accounting lens, and evaluates Indonesia's regulatory framework against global disclosure standards. It finds market reactions ar…

Valentina Beretta, Chiara Demartini, Eugenia Parodi +1

This study analyzes how the quality of sustainability reporting has evolved over time among Italian banks. Set against the EU's CSRD and non-financial reporting rules, it assesses the maturity of financial-sector disclosure practice, identi…

A. Pop, Alina Ioana Bogătean, Alexia Elena BĂLAN +1

This study examines the auditor's role in non-financial reporting by comparing the 2023 sustainability reports of OMV Petrom and Lukoil. Framed by the CSRD and the European Green Deal, it qualitatively reviews ESG disclosure practices and a…

Omena Obehi Igbinoba, Ivie Eloghosa Ogbeide

Using 103 Nigerian listed non-financial firms (2012–2023), this study examines how environmental, social, economic, and governance disclosures affect audit report lag. Environmental and social disclosures shorten reporting lag, while econom…

Erlangga Saputra, Elvin Bastian, Ina Indriana

Using 262 firm-year observations from 105 Indonesian consumer non-cyclical firms (2019–2024), this study tests how financial distress and leverage affect earnings management and whether ESG disclosure moderates these relationships. Neither …

Firyal Eilsa Nahdah, Edy Supriyono

Using panel data on 232 firm-years of Indonesian listed companies (2021-2024), this study examines how ESG performance—both composite and by pillar—affects SDG disclosure. Higher ESG scores significantly increase the extent of SDG reporting…

Cong Mu, Ying Han Fan, Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta

Through 40 semi-structured interviews with Chinese sustainability reporting preparers and assurance providers, this study applies framing theory to examine corporate governance roles in sustainability assurance. It identifies six governance…

Lu Lin, Yewen Liu, Wen Wen +2

This study analyzes the dynamics and coordination of water and carbon footprints across supply-chain pathways in China from 2007 to 2023. It identifies drivers and interactions between the two footprints, highlighting trade-offs and synergi…

Ekara Rahmi Susanti, Suprihatin Suprihatin, Lina Karlinasari +1

A gate-to-gate LCA of a produced water treatment plant in the oil and gas sector. Climate change was the largest impact (81.34 million kg CO2-eq), driven by air stripping and biological processes that account for over 75% of emissions due t…

Javier Lezaun

This article reads geological CO2 sequestration as a chance to rethink the appropriability of nature. It argues that legal and economic constructions of sequestered carbon remain parasitic on the ownership logic legitimizing fossil fuel ext…

Livia Fritz, Lucilla Losi, Christine Merk +4

This piece argues that carbon removal (CDR) projects must properly address justice concerns. Authored by researchers across European institutions, it likely stresses embedding equity and distributional fairness into CDR design and governanc…

Melissa Nihal CAGLE

An empirical study examining the relationship between digital government maturity and national carbon intensity. It likely tests whether e-government development correlates with lower carbon intensity across countries. Details are unavailab…