In December 2021, with support from Energy Foundation China, Shanxi Ecological Environment Protection Service Center released this report proposing how the coal-dependent province can use coordinated approaches to achieve air improvement and carbon mitigation goals for the next five years.

Based on Shanxi’s experience from the 13th Five-Year Plan period of 2016–2020, the report proposes synergetic 2025 air quality improvement and carbon emission reduction targets for the province, which is one of China’s biggest coal producing centers and has sufferd from severe air pollution. With the constraint of the province’s air quality targets, the report also analyzes viable co-control policy options, such as setting a total coal consumption cap and making industrial structure adjustment.

Authors hope the report can provide scientific evidence for coordinated air quality improvement and carbon peaking work in Shanxi.