As China's 2030 carbon peak target approaches, carbon emission reduction efforts have become increasingly urgent and crucial. Resource-based cities, characterized by their reliance on high-carbon industries, play a pivotal role in the nation's carbon peak progress. This study focuses on 108 resource-based cities from 2000 to 2022, employing the RF-RFECV algorithm to identify key factors influencing carbon emissions in these cities and utilizing the SHAP algorithm to evaluate feature importance. Furthermore, a BO-CNN-BiLSTM-attention prediction model is constructed, combined with scenario analysis to simulate the dynamic pathways of carbon peaking in resource-based cities under low-carbon, baseline, and high-speed scenarios. The results indicate the following: ① From the perspective of influencing factors, energy consumption was the most critical driver of carbon emissions in resource-based cities, reflecting their dependence on energy-intensive industries. The GDP of the primary industry and population density had a negative impact on carbon emissions, while the other six variables exerted a positive influence. ② In terms of city types, the impact of energy consumption on regenerative cities gradually declined, the development of secondary industries varied in its influence across different city types, and urbanization levels had the most significant impact on growing resource-based cities. ③ According to the peak scenario simulations, under the baseline and high-speed scenarios, carbon emissions in resource-based cities will continue to rise before 2040, whereas under the low-carbon scenario, emissions are projected to peak by 2034. Based on these findings, resource-based cities should achieve low-carbon transformation and sustainable development by improving energy efficiency, developing renewable energy, advancing green finance, adjusting industrial structures, and establishing carbon emission trading markets.
As pivotal pillars of China's national energy security strategy, resource-based cities can leverage the data-sharing capabilities, real-time transmission features, and low marginal cost advantages inherent in digital-real integration to forge new pathways for overcoming the "resource curse" and "transition inertia" dilemmas. Based on panel data of China's resource-based cities from 2011 to 2022, this study constructs a multidimensional econometric framework incorporating two-way fixed effects models, mediation and moderation effect models, and threshold regression analysis to systematically deconstruct the operational impacts and mechanistic drivers of digital-real integration in propelling green and low-carbon urban transitions. The results showed that: ① Digital-real integration demonstrated statistically significant positive effects on green low-carbon transition in resource-based cities, with robustness confirmed through multiple empirical tests. ② Mechanism tests revealed that digital-real integration significantly facilitated green and low-carbon transition in resource-based cities through innovation-driven effects and environmental regulation effects, whereas industrial optimization effects demonstrated no significant driving force. Concurrently, government intervention exhibited a negative moderating effect on this transition process driven by digital-real integration. ③ Heterogeneity tests revealed significant differential effects across three dimensions: typology of resource-based cities, economic development levels, and digital technology innovation capacities. ④ Threshold effect tests confirmed that higher digital economy policy supply levels intensified the green and low-carbon transition effects of digital-real integration.
Under the dual carbon goals, reducing carbon emissions in the planting industry is crucial for achieving green and low-carbon transformation in agriculture. This study focuses on the planting industry in Heilongjiang Province, utilizing the LMDI model, an extended STIRPAT model, and ridge regression to measure carbon emissions from 2002 to 2021, identify influencing factors, and predict future carbon emissions. The results indicate that: ① From 2002 to 2021, carbon emissions showed an overall fluctuating upward trend, divided into four phases: a slow growth period from 2002 to 2004, an accelerated growth period from 2004 to 2016, a fluctuating decline period from 2016 to 2019, and a stable growth period from 2019 to 2021. ② Economic level and agricultural structure promoted carbon emissions, while production efficiency and labor scale inhibited them. ③ Future carbon emissions will maintain a slow growth trend. By 2031, carbon emissions were projected to reach 10.832 million tons, an increase of 593 500 tons compared to that in 2021, with an average annual growth rate of 0.53%. Although Heilongjiang Province has made initial progress in carbon emission reduction, future challenges remain. It is recommended to further develop practical carbon reduction strategies.
As an important indicator for measuring the carbon sequestration capacity of ecosystems,carbon storage is of great significance for alleviating global climate change. By taking advantage of machine learning and ecosystem service models,an integrated analysis framework based on the InVEST-Ridge Regression-PLUS model was constructed to conduct a quantitative analysis of the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and driving mechanisms of carbon storage in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau from 2000 to 2020,and future scenarios were designed to predict the changing trends of regional carbon storage under different land use paths. The results show that:Firstly,from 2000 to 2020,the carbon storage in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau generally presented a slow growth trend,and the growth rate continued to decline,showing a distribution pattern of "higher in the south and lower in the north." Secondly,vegetation coverage was a crucial determining factor for carbon storage in this area,and the conversion between different land use types affected the spatial distribution of carbon storage. Thirdly,in the future scenario simulation,the carbon storage under the carbon sink enhancement scenario performed best,effectively verifying the effects of ecological projects such as the conversion of farmland to forest and grassland restoration,providing a scientific basis for the dynamic assessment and optimization of carbon storage in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and similar karst areas.
In order to explore the characteristics and sources of heavy metal pollution in the surrounding soil of a coal mine concentration area in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, based on the test results of six heavy metal indicators (Cd, Hg, Pb, Cu, Ni, and Zn) and pH values of 127 sampling sites, the geo-accumulation index and Nemerow integrated pollution index methods were used to compare and evaluate the pollution characteristics of soil heavy metals. On the basis of correlation analysis, APCS-MLR and PMF models were used to quantitatively analyze the sources and contributions of soil heavy metal pollution. The results showed that the average content of heavy metals in six types of soils was higher than the soil environment background value in Jiangxi Province. There were five types of soil heavy metals, Cd, Hg, Cu, Ni, and Zn, with contents exceeding the risk screening value in GB 15618-2018, and some samples had Cd content exceeding the control value of GB 15618-2018. The spatial distribution characteristics of Pb, Cu, and Ni were highly similar. Cd was highly enriched in the downstream area of coal mine concentration. The spatial distribution and correlation coefficient of Hg indicated that its source may have been different from other indicators. The high-value area of Zn was significantly smaller than that of other indicators. The pollution assessment showed that the overall soil in the study area was moderately polluted or above, with Cd, Hg, and Ni as the main pollution indicators. The heavy metal pollution in the coal gangue accumulation area was more severe than in other surrounding areas. The APCS-MLR model analyzed two known sources and one unknown source, with contribution rates of 65.69% from a mixture of industrial dust, natural causes, transportation, and coal mine pollution; 8.02% from agricultural activities; and 26.29% from unknown sources. The PMF model identified five pollution sources, agricultural activity sources, industrial dust sources, coal mine pollution sources, transportation sources, and naturally occurring sources, with corresponding contribution rates of 23.61%, 16.84%, 22.74%, 25.85%, and 10.96%, respectively. The source analysis results were consistent with the actual situation in the study area, which can provide theoretical support for the prevention, control, and remediation of soil heavy metal pollution in the study area.

