Взаимосвязь мер по охране окружающей среды и участия металлургической отрасли России в международной торговле

Корпачева Алена Алексеевна

Аннотация


In recent decades, sustaining economic growth while maintaining environmental well-being has become a major development challenge around the world. One of the main challenges is the gradual increase in the average temperature of the planet against the backdrop of increasing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
The metallurgy industry is one of the most important sectors of Russia's economy and at the same time one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in Russia's participation in international trade of metallurgical products, against the background of environmental protection measures. The object of the study is the international trade activities of metallurgical companies in the context of active environmental protection. The subject of the study is the export of Russian metallurgical products in the context of active environmental protection.
The paper presents theoretical substantiation of the presence of environmental protection measures' impact on international trade and on individual industries, presented environmental protection measures of different countries. The actions of Russian metallurgical companies against the background of environmental protection measures were also analysed.
Statistics from the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2020 were used for the analysis. Statistical analysis was applied to the collected data.
The study revealed that after the adoption of environmental protection measures, there was an increase in exports of metallurgical products in Russia, while emissions of greenhouse gases in this industry decreased.