Assessment of the global climate change impact on Fuel and Energy Complex infrastructure and adaptation opportunities in the Russian Arcticстатья
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Аннотация:The paper considers the problems and features of the functioning of the energycomplex in the regions of the Russian Arctic under the influence of global climate change.Particular attention is paid to new ideas and developments intended for practical use indeveloping measures to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. The issues of optimisingthe composition and structure of the energy economy of the Arctic territories in the areas ofpermanent residence, reducing the burden on natural ecosystems, and risks in the field ofsustainable economic and social development of the Arctic region are discussed. The ways areproposed for developing new approaches to the formation of a strategy for the development ofthe region’s energy infrastructure under the influence of climatic and environmental factors onthe natural environment. The mechanisms of the impact of changes in the climaticcharacteristics of the region on the operating conditions and the efficiency of energy facilitiesof the fuel and energy complex are determined. The degree of this dependence was studied fordifferent types of infrastructure facilities of the fuel and energy complex. The data on theassessment of the impact of global climate change on the infrastructure of the fuel and energycomplex and the possibilities for its adaptation, which include: the implications for powergeneration facilities; impact on energy transportation; problems of thawing permafrost andsolifluction; climate impact on energy consumption and socio-economic effects; the role ofdistributed energy and renewable energy in adaptation to climate change. It is shown that forthe territories of the Russian Arctic with isolated energy supply, the development of energyefficient systems and renewable energy will reduce climate risks for sustainable growth. Notonly of this power sector but the whole economic complex of the region due to both their betteradaptation to the effects of climate change and the reduction of technogenic greenhouse gasemissions, which are one of the main factors of these changes.