Development of a green economy in the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article examines the impact of scientific and technological progress, processes of globalization and internationalization on the state of the environment, the state and exploitation of natural resources to ensure the life of modern society. Improving the quality of life of the population, increasing consumption of food and industrial goods, expanding the “range” of services offered, “digitizing” many processes, resource intensity of production cycles, are one of the causes of climate change, increased waste, environmental disasters and imbalances in existing ecosystems. The changes taking place both in the world and in the national economy affected all its directions, including the science accompanying these processes, and gave an impetus to revise the foundations of the theoretical aspects corresponding to it. New types, methods, techniques and models of the economy have appeared, one of which is the green economy. The analysis of the definitions of the scientific term «green economy» carried out by the authors of the article, presented in various information sources, showed a wide variability of the proposed interpretations, depending on the point of view of the researcher and his affiliation with the corresponding scientific school. The authors note that the concept of green economy development has recently received special attention, considered as a new trajectory of harmonious (clean) development of society, which is perceived as an alternative model of the existing economy, interlinking further economic growth depending on the state of the environment. The growing interest and popularity of the green economy is explained by the need of society to revise the existing forms, models and types of both production and consumption, concern about environmental pollution, deforestation, expansion of agricultural land, reduction of water reserves and natural resources, drainage of water bodies, greenhouse effect, changes in biodiversity etc.