Topical Problems of Transition to the “Green” Economy in Construction, Industry and Transport: Legal Aspect

Abstract

Introduction . With regard to Russia the most important task in transition to the "green" economy is first of all the development of a consistent strategy for moving towards this goal. Therefore, initially it is necessary to determine the mainstreams for applying the economic, legal, organisational and other efforts. The transition to the "green" economy in itself does not imply any conceptual breakthroughs (unlike, for example, the concept of sustainable development). This means that all the main spheres of human activity, including industry, construction, transport, etc., should undergo “greening”. The aim is to investigate the contemporary legal regulation on the environmental protection in industry, transport and construction, to identify the problems and prospects of the legislation improvement for determining the directions of these spheres further “greening” and clarifying Russia’s strategy of transition to the "green" economy. The objectives of the study are: to consider the specifics of Russia's transit to the "green" economy standards within three spheres of human activity, to identify the contemporary legal regulation for this process. Materials and Methods. In the article the generally accepted in Russia methods of scientific knowledge are used: general scientific methods (dialectical method) and specific scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, concrete historical, logical methods, etc.). Results . The main result of the study is systematisation of the contemporary environmental problems in industry, transport and construction, discussion of the mainstreams in “greening” these spheres as one of the conditions of Russia's transit to the standards of "green" economy. Discussion and Conclusions. The article is useful for scientific and educational activity, for improvement of the Russian environmental legislation. The conclusions made in the work indicate on the need to “green” all sectors of economy in order to ensure the transit of Russia to the "green" economy, however at present the implementation of the new environmental requirements into different sectors is going at a different pace. With this regard, there arises the acute need to find the legislative response to the modern threats to the environmental safety, which requires the development of "green" technologies in industry, construction and transport.