Analysis of the ethnic minority living activities CO₂ emissions from 2012 to 2014: A case study in Yunnan

In recent years, with the development of the ethnic minority area economy, minority rural residents’ CO₂ emissions also increased. Therefore, the development of low carbon economy is particularly important. This paper is based on the example of nine kinds of ethnic minorities in Yunnan province to estimate their lifestyle behavior of CO₂ emissions from 2012 to 2014 and analyze their carbon structure. It is concluded that waste generated higher level of CO₂, biological energy utilization rate is relatively low; biogas related facilities penetration rate is not high. According to the present situation of CO₂ emissions, four suggestions are proposed to explore low carbon economy and low carbon lifestyle.