Low-carbon development of Kuzbass: coal mining and land reclamation

Larisa Shutko,Anastas Ivanov,Lyudmila Samorodova

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202131502001

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine the adaptation of coal mining enterprises to the requirements of the Climate Agenda and the prospects for a low-carbon future of the Kuzbass region. The subject of the research is the impact of coal mining on the conservation of the region’s biocapacity and the future "green" development of Kuzbass on the basis of mine reclamation. The following tasks are tackled: 1. to show the role of mining enterprises in the movement of the region's economy towards a low-carbon future, 2. to determine the relationship between the coal production and the area of mined lands for the period 2013-2019, 3. to reveal the need to increase the mine reclamation rate and conserve the biodiversity of the region's ecosystem, 4. to forecast the growth of the area of mined land with an increase in coal production of more than 300 million tons, provided that the current socio-economic situation in the region remains unchanged. Research methods are elements of a systems approach, regression analysis, building a one-factor linear regression model using the IBM SPSS Statistics software.

Highlights

Modern industrial development should be focused on a responsible and respectful attitude to nature, not to violate the carbon balance in accordance with the Paris Agreement on Climate 2015 [1]
The sustainable future development of the Russian economy requires a compromise to ensure a balance between industrial growth and environmental conservation, moving towards a low-carbon economy
The export orientation of coal mining in the region determines the growth of coal production

Summary

Introduction

Modern industrial development should be focused on a responsible and respectful attitude to nature, not to violate the carbon balance in accordance with the Paris Agreement on Climate 2015 [1]. Scenario forecasts of the ratio of the ecological (carbon) footprint and biocapacity of territories by 2050, monitoring and accounting of pollutant emissions into the atmosphere, carbon capture by various natural systems, creation of carbon farms and test sites [2], inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in managed forests are becoming the subject of scientific research. The authors consider the possibilities of sustainable development of Kuzbass, taking into account the previously identified decoupling effect in the field of coal mining in terms of pollutant emissions into the atmosphere [6], and detail the analysis of the relationship between the increase in coal production and the area of mined land. The negative impact of coal mining on the ecosystem and landscapes in the absence of systematic mine reclamation is shown

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