THE RISKS OF THE DECARBONIZATION PROCESS AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION TO CENTRAL ASIA
https://doi.org/10.48137/26870703_2025_30_2_6
Abstract
The article examines the main elements of influence and mechanisms of imple- mentation of the global strategy of energy transition and decarbonization of energy and industry in Central Asian countries. Various aspects of the ideological, political and energy impact of the introduction of the green agenda on Central Asian economies and societies are analyzed separately. Various decarbonization mechanisms have been launched in the European Union, which could negatively affect the export and development of energy in the region in the near future. Similar processes are developing in China, which is important for the Central Asian economies. Under these conditions, the republics of post-Soviet Asia are trying to implement some elements of the energy transition program formulated within the framework of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and subsequently developed by the countries of the collective West in their national economic development models. The possibilities and prospects for realizing the stated commitments in the field of green economic policy are being assessed, which means that sustainable economic growth and energy development in the region’s countries are already facing progressive negative trends.
About the Author
A. V. Grozin
Institute of the CIS Countries; Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. GROZIN, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of Department of Central Asia and Kazakhstan; Senior Researcher
2/1, Melnikov Ave., Khimki , Moscow region, 141410
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Grozin A.V. THE RISKS OF THE DECARBONIZATION PROCESS AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION TO CENTRAL ASIA. Geoeconomics of Energetics. 2025;(2):6-28. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/26870703_2025_30_2_6
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