Information about report: Elimination of accumulated environmental damage in the Arctic: on the way of business and government cooperation

Panel session

Elimination of accumulated environmental damage in the Arctic: on the way of business and government cooperation

THEMATIC AREAS: Ecology: a look into the future

Project*

During the years of human activity, the Arctic has undergone a strong anthropogenic impact. At present, 102 objects of accumulated harm to the environment have been identified on the territory of the Arctic zone. The problem of hazardous waste disposal and the elimination of accumulated environmental damage is given great attention in the framework of the Special Federal Program "Elimination of accumulated environmental damage" and "Clean country". However, an integrated solution to this problem is possible only if favorable conditions are created for business to participate in the clean-up of the Arctic.

Issues for discussion:

State policy in the field of liquidation of accumulated environmental damage objects
Improvement of legislation in the sphere of toughening of liability for abandoned objects, causing damage to the environment and determining the owner of such facilities
Elimination of accumulated damage from industrial and military activities in the Arctic zone

Moderator:

ILDAR NEVEROV

Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Management and Ecology of “Business Russia”

Disputants:

SERGEI DONSKOI*	Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
VLADIMIR BURMATOV	Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Council of the RF on Ecology and Environmental Protection
VLADIMIR SYSOEV	the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the RF on Natural Recourses, Property and Land Matters
NIKOLAI VALUEV	the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the RF on Ecology and Environmental Preservation
VLADIMIR PUSHKAREV	Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the RF on Regional Policy and Problems of the North and Russian Far East
ANDREI PETROV	Counselor (Department Head) of Environmental Security of the Main Office of Military Logistics of the RF
EVGENII NIKORA	Deputy Governor of the Murmansk Region
ROMAN POLSHVEDKIN	First Deputy Minister of Industry, Natural Resources, Energy and Transport of Komi Republic
ANDREI KOROLEV	Deputy Director on Science Work of National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”
VLADIMIR LUZIN	General Director of the FSUE “RosRao”
VLADIMIR KHANDOBIN	Head of the “Liquidation of the Arctic Nuclear Legacy” Group of the FSUE “RosRAo”
SERGEI FOKIN	Director of the FSBI “VNII Ecology”
SERGEI KAMYSHANOV	General Director of the ZAO “Arctic-Consalting-Service”

* Changes in the draft program are possible