This paper gives the stable carbon isotopic data in coals from the Late Namurian to Kazanian stages inthe Serteng Mt., Xishan and Huainan coalfields of the North China Platform. Its stratigraphic pattern shows that sev-eral isotopic shifts are apparent, and the large δ~(13)C negative shifts (approximately 2.5 to 3.0‰) occurred during theStephanian, Artinskian and Kazanian are observed in three Permo-Carboniferous coalfields. Those negative shifts areneither related to the coal rank and coal macerals, nor caused by the variety of peat-forming plants. The general de-crease in the δ~(13)C values of the Stephanian, Artinskian and Kazanian coals is consistent with an overall decrease inthe δ~(13)C values of ambient atmospheric CO_2 and/or a relative increase in atmospheric P_(CO2) during the coal-forming pe-riods. Therefore the authors postulate that the oxidation of peat, and the δ~(13)C-depleted CO_2 flux into the atmosphereduring the above stages may have contributed to coeval palaeoclimatic warming by way of the greenhouse effect.