本文提出煤炭消费总量控制是中国能源低碳绿色转型的关键。煤炭开采、运输和利用的环节对生态、环境、公众身体健康和气候变化影响很大，其社会经济的外部成本很高。煤炭是空气污染、雾霾、固体废物和水污染的罪魁祸首。中国是二氧化碳排放最大的国家，在2030年达到峰值之前，煤炭消费必须首先降下来。
This paper proposes that total coal consumption cap is critical for China’s transition toward low-carbon and green development. The process of coal mining，transport and consumption has high external socioeconomic cost，with its huge impact on the ecosystem，environment，public health and climate change. Coal is one of the main contributors to air pollution，smog，solid waste and water pollution. As the world’s largest CO2 emitter，China must first reduce coal consumption before its carbon emission reach theirits peak by 2030. This paper points out that less and clean coal use as well as alternative energies should be important coal consumption control methods in the 13th Five-Year Plan（2016-2020）.
