This book employs a systematic and multi-faceted approach to explore China's coal consumption, emissions, and its development model. The book first provides an overview of the global and Chinese energy consumption trends and mix, with a particular focus on the position and role of coal. Through comparative analysis, it clarifies the importance of coal in global and Chinese energy security. It details the environmental problems arising from coal consumption, especially carbon dioxide and other harmful gas emissions, and their impacts on global climate change and human health. By collecting and analyzing extensive data, such as coal consumption volumes and carbon dioxide emission levels, the book presents the historical trends and current status of China's coal consumption and emissions. The book conducts comparative study on China and global policies related to coal consumption control and clean energy development, providing insights and lessons for China. It explores the development model of technologies such as clean and efficient coal utilization, renewable energy, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), assessing their potential to reduce coal consumption and emissions.

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Malin Song, is full Professor and vice president of Anhui University of Finance and Economics. He is the member of Chinese National 100 Million Talents Project and awarded the honorary title of "Young and middle-aged experts with Outstanding Contributions", and the Scientific committee of the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Program. He is the editor-in-chief of Management of Environmental Quality, Elsevier's Most Cited Chinese Researcher in 2020 and 2021. In recent years, he mainly engaged in the research of data envelopment analysis and environmental economic statistics, especially in the evaluation methods of environmental efficiency and the applications.

Jiandong Chen, Ph.D. in Economics from the Manchester Business School, is the head of the Energy Economics Branch of the Chinese Economic Association (UK/Europe) and the Chinese lead of the Carbon Neutrality Working Committee of the Sino-UK Innovation Research Network, established jointly by the University of Oxford and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a Distinguished Professor of the "Guanghua Talent Project" at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and a doctoral supervisor, and Elsevier Highly Cited Researcher. As the first author, he has published over 100 papers, with several appearing in Nature-branded journals.

Ying Feng, a leadership member of Chengdu Technological University. Feng is recognized as a leading academic and technical figure of Sichuan Province and an outstanding individual in personnel work within the educational system of Sichuan Province. She engages in human resource development and management, green economy, and higher education. She has published about 40 papers, undertaken over 30 research projects, and authored 4 monographs.

Shiyang Xu, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,School of Public Administration. Primary research focus on the dual-carbon goals and energy security policy.

Shengxue Zhao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,School of Public Administration. Primary research focus on coal consumption policy.

Qiuxi Xing, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,School of Public Administration. Primary research focus on the dual-carbon goals and their policy analysis.