ECOLOGY
Original Paper
UDC 334.021© T.P. Skufina, V.P. Samarina, A.V. Samarin,2022
ISSN 0041-5790 (Print) • ISSN 2412-8333 (Online) • Ugol’ – Russian Coal Journal, 2022, № 6, pp. 54-58
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18796/0041-5790-2022-6-54-58
Title
Concerning processes of decarbonization of production and prospects for the Arctic as a carbon-neutral territory
Authors
Skufina T.P.1, Samarina V.P.1, Samarin A.V.2
1Luzin Institute for Economic Studies, Federal Research Centre «Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences», Apatity, 184209, Russian Federation
2Starooskolsky Branch of Belgorod State National Research University, Stary Oskol, 309502,Russian Federation
Authors Information
Skufina T.P., Doctor of Economics Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher, e-mail: skufina@gmail.com
Samarina V.P., Doctor of Economic Sciences, Senior researcher, e-mail: samarina_vp@mail<st1< a="">:personname >.ru
Samarin A.V., Phd (Philosophical), Associate Professor of the Faculty of Education, e-mail:aivic_samarin@mail.ru
Abstract
The paper, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, considers a successful example of the decarbonization of production in the Russian iron and steel industry. The prerequisites for the mining and metallurgical corporation "Metalloinvest" as Russian leader in "green metallurgy" have been determined. The essence of "green metallurgy" is to use the least energy-intensive technologies and minimize carbon dioxide emissions in the process of steel production. The necessity and possibilities of the Russian Arctic to become a carbon-neutral territory have been substantiated. The necessity is as follows: the Arctic ecological systems, like no other ones, need protection from pollution. Opportunities are associated with the following: local arrangement of industrial enterprises and settlements, decoupling effect, interest of government and business structures and successful result of the implementation of a number of projects aimed at reducing of greenhouse gas emission as well.
Keywords
Decarbonization, Greenhouse gases, Green metallurgy, Arctic, Carbon-neutral territory.
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Acknowledgements
The study was performed with financial support of the Russian Science Foundation grant, Project No. 22-28-01385
For citation
Skufina T.P., Samarina V.P., Samarin A.V.Concerning processes of decarbonization of production and prospects for the Arctic as a carbon-neutral territory.Ugol’, 2022, (6), pp. 54-58. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.18796/0041-5790-2022-6-54-58.
Paper info
Received March 27, 2022
Reviewed April 28, 2022
Accepted May 23, 2022
