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🌍 GlobalJournalThe International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment2020#Supply ChainDOI
Carbon and water footprint of coffee consumed in Finland—life cycle assessment
Kirsi Usva, Taija Sinkko, Frans Silvenius +2
This LCA assesses the carbon and water scarcity footprints of coffee consumed in Finland, covering the entire life cycle from cultivation to consumption. Primary data from eight farms in Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Honduras, and Finnis…
🇪🇺 EuropeJournal2025#Carbon AccountingDOI
Improving Circularity in Brewing through Data Spaces: A Case Study in Carbon Footprint Allocation
Jan Niklas Buescher, Victoria Pohl, Daniel Ditterich +6
This paper explores how data space-based condition monitoring can enhance circular economy strategies and sustainability in industrial production, using the RIF Cyber Physical Brewhouse as a case study. Drawing on a literature review and qu…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalGlobal Environmental Change2020#Scope 3DOI
Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: Mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil's soy exports
Neus Escobar, E. Jorge Tizado, Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen +3
This paper integrates LCA with physical trade flow analysis to spatially explicitly estimate GHG emissions from Brazilian soy exports. Analyzing ~90,000 trade flows from 2010-2015, it reveals large variability in carbon footprints across so…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalProcedia CIRP2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Designing a System Architecture for Automated Product Carbon Footprint Calculation in Production Lines
Steffen Wurm, Adrian Kasner, Oliver Petrović +1
This paper proposes a modular system architecture for automated Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculation in manufacturing, using the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) as a digital twin. It defines four functional layers (Sources, Network, …
🇪🇺 EuropeJournalFrontiers in Energy Research2025#HydrogenDOI
Correction: Energy efficiency of future hydrogen-based fuel supply chain routes for Germany’s maritime demand
Yasha Dave, Jaime Torres, Shaghayegh Kazemi Esfeh +2
This paper evaluates the energy efficiency of hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol supply chains for Germany's maritime demand. It analyzes 2030 and 2050 scenarios using existing Norway-Germany pipeline infrastructure, showing direct use of ammo…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalatp magazin2024#AI × ESGDOI
Shared Digital Product Passport for holistic lifecycle assessment
Manuel Reif, Christiana Plociennik, Mohammad Hossein Rimaz +2
This paper proposes a Digital Product Passport (DPP) combining Gaia-X principles with the Asset Administration Shell, enabling interoperable access to product data via distributed submodels. Demonstrated through a practical Scope 3 carbon f…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalElectronic Markets2024#HydrogenDOI
Enhancing trust in global supply chains: Conceptualizing Digital Product Passports for a low-carbon hydrogen market
Paula Heeß, Jakob Rockstuhl, Marc-Fabian Körner +1
This paper proposes design principles for Digital Product Passports (DPP) to verify the carbon footprint of low-carbon hydrogen in international supply chains. Based on literature review and expert interviews, it highlights the need for com…
🇪🇺 EuropeJournalRWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Techno-economic and environmental assessment of freight transport : insights from different technological and sustainability perspectives
Tim Kemperdick
This dissertation provides a techno-economic and environmental assessment of zero-emission freight transport technologies, covering external costs, retrofitting, fuel cell recycling, and charging infrastructure. It identifies key factors su…
🇨🇳 ChinaJournalIndustrial Management & Data Systems2025#Supply ChainDOI
Guest editorial: Circular supply chain strategy in Industry 4.0 under disruption and ambidexterity: challenges and risks
Ming‐Lang Tseng, Ming K. Lim, Anthony S.F. Chiu +1
This special issue examines challenges and risks of integrating circular supply chain strategy (CSCS) with Industry 4.0 (I4.0). It highlights the potential of CSCS to enhance sustainability and resilience under disruptions and organizationa…
🌍 GlobalJournalJournal of International Logistics and Trade2025#AI × ESGDOI
Editorial: Decarbonizing logistics and supply chains: sustainable innovation for global impact
Srikanta Routroy, Prasanta K. Sahu, Prem Chhetri
This editorial introduces a special issue on decarbonizing logistics and supply chains, highlighting strategies such as digital technologies, renewable energy, and circular economy. It emphasizes AI-driven decision support systems for reduc…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalYearbook of International Environmental Law2018#PolicyDOI
G. The Netherlands
de Kars Graaf, Hanna Tolsma
This report analyzes the 2018 Dutch climate policy debate, focusing on the Urgenda judgment and the proposed Climate Act. The Court of Appeal upheld the 2015 ruling, finding human rights violations under the ECHR. It also outlines the ambit…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2025#Carbon AccountingDOI
DELIVERABLE RIEPILOGATIVO ATTIVITA' BIORES NEL PROGETTO SOCAM
Roberto Odorico, Claudio Franci
This report presents a scenario analysis showing that Manila clam aquaculture in the Po Delta can act as a net carbon sink (-0.4 kg CO2-eq/kg) under sustainable management. It integrates methodological innovations in LCA including shell ino…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeSSRN Electronic Journal2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Towards Contemporary and Dynamic Life Cycle Inventory Databases: The Case of German Electricity
Felix Assies, Lars Wietschel, A. Kamal Kamali +4
This paper discusses the importance of contemporary and dynamic life cycle inventory (LCI) databases for the German electricity sector. With the increasing share of renewables, static data becomes inaccurate, and the use of time-series data…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalCleaner Environmental Systems2025#Carbon AccountingDOI
Using the Integral Digital Twin for Product Carbon Footprint calculation
Sven Winter, Niklas Quernheim, Lars Arnemann +4
This paper proposes the Integral Digital Twin (IDT) concept for integrating sustainability data across the product life cycle. It enables horizontal communication with suppliers and clients and vertical integration within company systems, p…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalCapital Markets Law Journal2023#Climate FinanceDOI
Can investors save the planet? NZAMI and fiduciary duty
Tom Gosling, Iain MacNeil
This paper examines the fiduciary duty implications for asset managers committed to the Net Zero Asset Manager Initiative (NZAMI) and investing in line with the 1.5°C goal. It evaluates strategies like portfolio decarbonization, tilting, ac…
🇪🇺 EuropeDatasetZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2023#Energy TransitionDOI
Global gridded anthropogenic emissions of air pollutants and methane for the period 1990-2050
Zbigniew Klimont, C. Heyes, Peter Rafaj +12
This dataset provides global gridded anthropogenic emissions of air pollutants and methane from 1990 to 2050, developed with the GAINS model at IIASA. It includes three scenarios: current legislation (CLE), maximum technical reduction (MTFR…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalJournal of Clinical Epidemiology2025#Carbon AccountingDOI
Carbon emissions associated with clinical trials: a scoping review
Frank You, Taylor Coffey, Daniel Powell +2
This scoping review synthesizes evidence on carbon emissions from clinical trials, analyzing 22 articles. Key hotspots include travel, facilities, and sample lifecycle. Variability in measurement methods hinders comparison, but the need for…
🌍 GlobalJournalJournal of Operations Management2020#Supply ChainDOI
Innovation in supply networks—A research framework and roadmap
Subodha Kumar, Sriram Narayanan, Fabrizio Salvador
This paper proposes a research framework for innovation in supply networks, highlighting that suppliers' R&D investments often exceed those of focal firms. It discusses how supply chain fragmentation and globalization shift the locus of inn…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalAnesthesia & Analgesia2025#PolicyDOI
Climate Change, Emissions of Volatile Anesthetics, and Policy Making: The Case of Desflurane
Laurentiu Marin, Robert Kleinberg
This paper reassesses the climate impact of the volatile anesthetic desflurane using climate science models, highlighting the limitations of GWP metrics. It shows that continued emissions lead to a small, reversible temperature step of 0.00…
🇪🇺 EuropeDatasetZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
nxsut 3.0
Nicolò Golinucci, Lorenzo Rinaldi
nxsut 3.0 is a physically-based environmentally-extended supply-use table built on EXIOBASE Hybrid, updated to 2023-2025 electricity supply and trade. It adds innovative steelmaking technologies and hydrogen production, improving carbon foo…