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.

Comprehensive analysis spanning historical, current, and future trends of coal consumption in China Highlights China's efforts to control coal consumption and promote clean energy for environmental sustainability International comparisons revealing China's unique position and challenges within the global energy landscape

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Prof. Xiangzheng Deng holds dual Ph.D. degrees in Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Economics from China and overseas. As a recipient of the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists and the Young Changjiang Scholars from the Ministry of Education of China, he specializes in global change and human well-being, food economy and resource management, and big data analysis and intelligent decision-making. He serves as the associate editors-in-chief of Resources, Conservation & Recycling. He has published over 380 papers in academic journals both domestically and internationally, including over 250 SCI/SSCI papers, with citation more than 1,8000 times. He has been consecutively recognized in Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers and Stanford's "World's Top 2% Scientists" lists for several years. Prof. Malin Song graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China, majoring in Management Science and Engineering, and has been engaged in teaching and research in Anhui University of Finance and Economics since 2007. He is the editor-in-chief of Management of Environmental Quality and a member of the editorial boards of Energy and Environment, Journal of Chinese Management, Economic Statistics (Quarterly) and Journal of Cleaner Production. Prof. Song specializes in data envelopment analysis and environmental and economic statistics, especially in environmental efficiency evaluation methods and applications, and has achieved fruitful results. In recent years, he has published more than 260 papers in international SSCI/SCI journals as first author and corresponding author. He has been selected as a Highly Cited Scientist by Clarivate Analytics and the Highly Cited Chinese Researcher by Elsevier for several years.

Inhalt

Coal Consumption in China,.- Global Coal Consumption.- Carbon Emissions from Coal in China.- Global Emissions from Coal Consumption.- Coal Consumption Forecast and Development Trends.- Coal Emissions and the Path to Achieving the Dual-Carbon Goals.- Coal Emissions and Energy Security.