GX & Decarbonization Research

Ataç Aytuğ

This study examines the legal implications of Türkiye's Climate Law No. 7552 and its national ETS (TR-ETS) design on the 'carbon price effectively paid' deduction under Article 9 of the EU CBAM. It finds that 100% free allocation in the pil…

Linrui Zhang

This paper examines the impact of city-level climate policy uncertainty on corporate ESG report issuance in China. Using data from 2011-2022, the authors find that the average effect is essentially zero, bounded within ±0.75 percentage poin…

Laurence L. Delina, Leslie Anne L. Yasis

Firms under identical ESG reporting requirements vary in how they 'speak' the Social pillar. This study introduces 'disclosure posture' as the balance between quantitative and qualitative Social disclosures, analyzing 28 firm-year observati…

Diego Portalanza, Yoansy García, Klever A. Cevallos-Valdez +3

This study maps carbon storage and habitat provision in Ecuador's Cajas National Park páramo using IPCC 2019 guidelines and the ECOSER protocol. Total carbon stocks were 1.49 million Mg C, with volcanic Andisols storing 97.5%. The eastern b…

S.A. Adeleye, Olurunshola. O. Z., O. Ipindola +1

This review comprehensively analyzes the status, engineering challenges, and prospects of fuel cells and renewable hydrogen. It compares PEMFC and SOFC characteristics, evaluates hydrogen production, storage, and distribution bottlenecks, a…

John F. Ryder

This record integrates three methodological papers on the economic boundaries of European fossil dependence. It distinguishes individually attributable losses from compound system effects, develops break-even tests for continued fossil depe…

Josephine Nabayinda, Mary M. Mckay, Ozge Sensoy Bahar +2

This paper examines how climate change exacerbates gender inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the mechanisms through which disasters amplify women's vulnerabilities and widen socio-economic gaps. It underscores the need for gender…

Eunseok Lee, Jonghoon Park

This study reframes rooftop greenhouse building (RGB) diffusion as a land-use transition shaped by economic demand and institutional readiness. Comparing seven cities, it finds commercial RGBs emerge only above wealth thresholds, with legal…

Hongjun Tan, Xueqing Yang, Xuanyu LIU +6

This study evaluates three hydrogel-based passive cooling configurations across 2,539 utility-scale PV sites in China. The water-supply hydrogel cooling achieves average temperature reductions up to 7.28°C, equivalent capacity gain of 26.83…

Arosemena JD, Toboso-Chavero S, Guinée J +2

Using Barcelona as a case study, this LCA explores circular nutrient strategies (compost, struvite, pruning residues) for peri-urban agriculture. Local circular crops show 12-74% lower carbon footprints than imports, with pruning residues o…

Zuo J, Lu J, Feng H +5

As renewable penetration rises, cross-regional reserve sharing faces congestion and high costs. This paper proposes a virtual reserve service framework using spatially transferable loads in data centers, with migration capability assessment…

Kostenko G, Denysov V, Zaporozhets A

This study proposes a framework for iterative uncertainty reduction in adaptive management of second-life EV batteries (SLBs) for power system applications. It distinguishes data, state, model, prognostic, scenario, decision, and external u…

Bilal M, Latif F, Hasnain M +3

This paper systematically reviews the role of machine learning (ML) in designing Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for CO2 capture. It evaluates the latest models across four key areas: process-level application, mechanistic interpretable mod…

Mostafa N, Kanaan H, Osman ESAEA

This study optimizes the sizing of a standalone hybrid micro-grid (PV, wind, fuel cell, battery) at Zafarana, Egypt, using an Enhanced RIME algorithm (E-RIME). E-RIME incorporates Tent chaotic initialization and opposition-based learning, a…

Yarandi HK, Ghobadzadeh M, Hajiaghapour-Moghimi M

This paper proposes an uncertainty-aware energy management framework for interconnected microgrids with high renewable penetration, integrating flexible cryptocurrency mining loads (CMLs) into a local transactive energy market. Using stocha…

Yen M, Tieng H, Li L +1

This study analyzes the impact of internal carbon pricing (ICP) on corporate resilience using panel data from U.S. listed firms responding to CDP (2015-2023). ICP adoption is associated with a decline in economic value added (short-term cos…

Munkaila AD, Mustapha A, Saani AS

Using survey data from 328 firms in Ghana, this study examines how Scope 3 Emissions Tracking (S3ET) affects Circular Supply Chain Performance (CSCP). PLS-SEM results show S3ET positively impacts CSCP, partially mediated by Supplier Sustain…

Islam MS, Sarkar J

Eco-ITAD is an on-premise system that diagnoses hardware health using S.M.A.R.T. telemetry and computes avoided Scope 3 emissions using DEFRA factors. It generates compliance certificates in volatile memory, eliminating persistent writes. E…

Cantillano-Lizana P, Giammei G

This systematic review synthesizes 171 records across four themes—modular physical systems, digital intelligence, data ecosystems, and zero-emission transport—within the HOLOGISTICS project. It finds that individual technologies advance but…

Matukhno O, Stanytsina V, Belokon K +2

CO2 emission reductions are not always evidence of successful climate policy. This study develops a three-stage diagnostic framework combining LMDI decomposition, sectoral carbon cost exposure, and investment capacity, applied to Germany, P…