II International Scientific Conference of Students and Young Scientists
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Climate Change and Sustainable Development

SDG 13

About the Session

Climate change affects all regions of the world. The consequences of global warming include changes in the conditions for the existence of ecosystems, changes in the conditions for economic activity (primarily in industries which are strongly dependent on natural conditions — agriculture and forestry). The risks of extreme weather events are increasing significantly.

Numerous climate risks are a threat to all sustainable development components: economic, environmental, social. The priority attention is given to studying, assessing and reducing negative consequences of climate change, developing new approaches to the management of natural and natural-technogenic systems.

The purpose of the session is to identify and assess the priority of climate risks for the sustainable development of socio-ecological and economic systems in the regions of the world and to propose optimal risk management measures, including limiting anthropogenic greenhouse gas flows.

Figures and Facts

Warming caused by climate change is expected over almost the entire surface of the Earth, with an increase in the average global precipitation.
The possible consequences of the global anomaly in the temperature of the Earth’s surface include sea level rise, Arctic Sea ice retreat, increase in the number of catastrophic weather-related events, including storms, floods and droughts. The economic damage from the 2012 drought amounted to about $20 billion only in the United States.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, almost half of the world’s population lives in regions which are highly vulnerable to climate change. Over the past decade, human mortality from floods, droughts and storms has been 15 times higher in highly vulnerable regions.
Africa is warming faster than the rest of the world on average. It is presumed that Africa may face the maximum reduction in the amount of precipitation on the continent and, as a result, the desertification process may intensify.
The African Union, which has 55 member states with a population of over 1 billion people, has developed a strategy to combat and mitigate climate change on the continent.

Discussion Issues

  • Regional impacts of climate change: Africa.
  • Negative consequences of climate change: extreme weather events.
  • Economic and social consequences of climate change in the regions of the world.
  • Green energy for the African continent: needs, opportunities, limitations.
  • Climate neutral industrial development.
  • Greenhouse gas management: experience of companies in the commodity sector in Africa.
  • Education and enlightenment for climate change mitigation.

Opening Remarks

  • Margarita Redina (Russia)
    Institute of Environmental Engineering, RUDN University
    Professor
    NS
    Nyoman Suwartha (Indonesia)
    UI GreenMetric WUR
    Vice–President
  • Riri Fitri Sari (Indonesia)
    UI GreenMetric WUR
    President

Key Speakers

  • Report
    Synergism and trade-offs in mitigating climate change and achieving sustainable development goals
    Veronika Ginzburg (Russia)
    Yu. A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology
    Deputy Director
  • Report
    Climate regulating role of soils
    Vladimir Stolbovoy (Russia)
    Soil Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
    Head of the Department of the Unified State Register of Soil Resources
  • Report
    Climate projects in Russia: state regulation, requirements and criteria, first experience
    Nadezhda Uledova (Russia)
    ANO “International Center for Sustainable Energy Development”
    Director of the Strategic Planning and Partnership Department
  • Report
    Development and Impacts of climate changes on North Africa and Egypt
    Khalid Gafaar (Egypt)
    Sadat City University
    Vice-President
  • Report
    Adaptation to the climate change: the regional aspect
    Vladimir Berdin (Russia)
    International Sustainable Energy Development Center
    Chief Consultant

Young scientists

  • Report
    Climate change and decarbonization in Nigeria
    Nwobi Nelson Onyebuchi (Nigeria)
    Department of Environmental Safety and Product Quality Management
    postgraduate student
  • Report
    Synergetic socio-biospheric models of a new type for the sustainable development of an African microregion
    Stepan Kozhemyakov (Russia)
    Department of Environmental Safety and Product Quality Management
    postgraduate student
  • Report
    Ecologic and economic consequences of climate change in the mountain region
    Jabeen Farhat (Pakistan)
    Department of Environmental Safety and Product Quality Management
    postgraduate student
  • Report
    Sustainable development indicators and decarbonization of oil production in Nigeria
    Agbede Oluvatayo Enahoro (Nigeria)
    Department of Environmental Safety and Product Quality Management
    postgraduate student

STUDENTS

  • Report
    Dynamics of Kilimanjaro glacier: forecasting, risks and ways of solution
    Varvara Mashkova (Russia)
    3rd year Bachelor's degree "Ecology and Nature Management", RUDN University
  • Report
    The Impacts of Climate Change on Sub-Sahara Africa Cropland & Sustainable Adaptations Measures to Safeguard Future Food
    Emanuel Igwe (Nigeria)
    Master's degree, 2nd year "Ecology and Nature Management", RUDN University

  • Questions, answers, summarizing

ESG Agenda Topics

  • Climate change risk management.
  • Approaches to improving the methods for calculating the atmospheric air pollutant dispersion, methods for determining the air pollution level.
  • Environmental pollution monitoring.
  • Monitoring and modelling the state of the ozone layer.
  • Improving municipal solid waste management systems within the framework of circular economy.