Data-driven prioritization of carbon neutral strategies using agentic artificial intelligence and fractal fuzzy decision analysis

This study proposes an integrated decision-making framework to prioritize carbon-neutral strategies under complex and uncertain conditions. The model combines an agentic artificial intelligence structure, which systematically extracts relevant strategies and criteria from recent academic studies, with advanced fuzzy decision-making techniques that capture uncertainty in expert evaluations. In the first stage, 475 abstracts published between 2023 and 2025 are analyzed to identify key strategies and evaluation criteria. In the second stage, the importance of these criteria is determined using the CRITIC method based on data variability and relationships among criteria. Finally, alternative strategies are ranked using the CoCoSo method within an interval-valued generalized fractal fuzzy environment, which allows more flexible representation of uncertainty compared to conventional fuzzy approaches. The findings reveal that strengthening policies, regulations, and carbon pricing mechanisms is the most critical strategy, followed by the integration of renewable energy sources. These results provide a clearer and more practical basis for prioritizing carbon-neutral policies.