Abstract: Carbon dioxide has become as one of the main greenhouse effect gases due to its long life span and enormous emission. In this paper, the emission amounts of carbon dioxide produced by energy consumption in Xinjiang during the period of 2003-2011 were calculated using the methods based on the topdown firstorder estimate in the IPCC (2006). The results indicated that the carbon dioxide emission in Xinjiang was increased rapidly year by year due to the rapid emission increase of carbon dioxide produced by burning solid fuels, and the rapidlyincreased carbon dioxide emission was mainly produced by the high energyconsuming industries, such as the chemical, electric power, steel and cement industries. Therefore, it is suggested to promote the development of lowcarbon economy in Xinjiang, which includes the development of market access mechanism and carbon trading mechanism, optimization of industrial structure, improvement of energy efficiency, etc. based on the current situation of energy, economy and environment in Xinjiang.  

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