Industry 4.0: Fighting Climate Change in the Economy of the Future

This book presents a scientific view of fighting climate change in the economy of the future, the foundations of which are being set around the world. The authors substantiate the potential of Industry 4.0 in stimulating sustainable development in environmental protection and preservation of natural resources. This book considers the modern experience of fighting climate change based on possibilities of Industry 4.0 at the national scale in view of developed and developing countries with a special focus on Russia and at the corporate scale by the example of transnational corporations. It determines the future contribution of Industry 4.0 into development of responsible production and consumption, and compiles the ＂outlines＂ of ＂green＂ economy in Industry 4.0. It offers recommendations for control of climate change in Industry 4.0, and presents the authors’ vision of ecological responsibility in Industry 4.0 for implementing the sustainable development goals. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners interested in climate change and development of Industry 4.0, as well contributing to a national economic policy for fighting climate change and corporate strategies ofsustainable development in Industry 4.0.

Elena B. Zavyalova is Doctor of Economics, Professor and Head of the Economic Policy Department at MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia. She teaches Russian Economy, Economy of the Former Soviet Countries, National Economic Security, Economic Policy, Public-Private Partnership, Sustainable Development and International Development Assistance. She is an active participant in programs of the World Bank and Beijing Normal University (China). She is a co-author of several research papers for the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, author of over scientific 60 publications.

Elena G. Popkova is Doctor of Economics and Professor at MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia. She is President of the autonomous non-profit organization ＂Institute of Scientific Communications＂. Elena G. Popkova organizes Russian and international scientific and practical conferences and is the editor and author of collective monographs, and serves as a guest editor of international scientific journals. She has published more than 300 works in Russian and foreign peer-reviewed scientific journals and books