Confirmation of carbon emissions in coal mining areas and research on low-carbon green development path

Analysis was carried out on the issues such as unclear boundaries of carbon emission sources in coal mining areas, lack of accounting models, and development directions in the context of carbon neutrality. Based on the previous researches and through literature review, data collection and other methods, the boundaries of carbon emission sources in coal mining areas have been clarified and accounting model has been established, clarifying the low-carbon and green development direction of coal mining areas. The sources of carbon emissions(CH₄ and CO₂) in coal mining areas are divided into two major categories: natural emission and anthropogenic emission and divided into seven types, further, corresponding mathematical models are proposed for different carbon emission sources. At the same time, in the coal mining areas the investment in energy saving and low carbon technology should be increased, the utilization degree of comprehensive resources and gas monitoring should be improved, the restoration and construction of green mines, actively participating in carbon market and carbon emission right trading should be strengthened, and a series of measures to adapt to the market should be formed, a low carbon green industrial system should be gradually set up; In addition, we must be far-sighted, give full play to the government's low-carbon environmental protection policy, and cooperate with relevant universities to vigorously promote the development of coal-to-hydrogen technology under China carbon emission reduction goals, the breakthrough in the bottleneck problems of transport, storage location, safety and stability evaluation and cost reduction of key technologies of CO₂-ECBM and CCUS, and achieve huge economic and environmental benefits in the process of carbon emission reduction.