The Role of the EAEU and the SCO in the Eurasia Environmental Safety Space Formation

Abstract

Recently, most of the existing environmental problems have not only not been solved but have also worsened. There is a growing understanding in the public consciousness that the tools that have been used so far in solving these problems do not cope with the tasks formulated, among other things, in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Accordingly, the interest in analyzing existing environmental problems and finding ways to solve them is taking an increasing place in the process of defining and implementing the policies of most states and their interaction with activists of environmental social movements.Aim. Development of new ideas and directions for improving environmental policy, including within the framework of increasing the intensity of integration processes in the Eurasian space covering the EAC and SCO countries.Tasks. In the article are analyzed the experience of EAC and SCO countries in the process of ecological safe space creation.Methods. In the article were used elements of comparative and systematic approaches and general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, deduction, and induction.Results. The study revealed the need to consider new trends in the environmental policy of the Russian Federation also under development of integration processes within the Eurasian space from the perspective of political ecology.Conclusion. Based on the analysis, the following main environmental problems that exist in the Russian Federation were identified: waste management issues, water pollution, destruction of forests, skepticism about “alternative” and “green” energy. However, environmental problems, as a rule, affect more than one country, so they need to be solved through integration with other states. Now the development of a “green” economy is a promising direction within the Eurasian space.