Against China's emissions reduction commitment,this study analyzes the temporal characteris-tics,driving factors,and decoupling between CO2 emissions and economic development in Hunan Prov-ince from 2000 to 2019 by using Kaya—LMDI model and Tapio model.Findings indicate that economic expansion and energy intensity are the main drivers of CO2 emissions.The former is the main factor pro-moting the increase of CO2 emissions,while the latter is the main factor promoting the reduction of CO2 emissions.Urbanization will restrain the carbon emissions...