Industry 4.0

Part I. Energy sphere in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 1. Growth of energy consumption during automatization of production, distribution, and consumption in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 2. Energy crisis management in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 3. Renewable energy and evaluation of its applicability in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 4. Alternative sources of energy and perspectives of their development in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 5. Consequences of Industry 4.0 for the energy sphere in modern Russia.-Part II. Pollution of environment in Industry 4.0.- Chapter 6. Increase of production and consumption waste in the course of economic growth and digital modernization.- Chapter 7. Perspectives of decrease of production waste in the circular model of development of Industry 4.0.- Chapter 8. "Smart" consumption and its consequences for environment pollution.- Chapter 9. Environment pollution in Industry 4.0 in Russia's regional economy: linear practices vs. circular initiatives.- Chapter 10. Macro-level consequences of digitization of the Russian economy for production waste and climate change.- Part III. Ecological consequences of growth and development of Industry 4.0.- Chapter 11. Consequences of transition to Industry 4.0 for economy's resource efficiency: the specifics of developed and developing countries.- Chapter 12. Ecological consequences of development of "smart" productions in countries that implement the resource models of economic growth.- Chapter 13. Post-industrial economies on the path to Industry 4.0: consequences for fighting climate change.- Chapter 14. Consumer society in Industry 4.0: mass needs and individual limitations, dictates by the digital society, based on ecological responsibility.- Chapter 15. Ecological consequences of transition to Industry 4.0 for Russia: economic growth vs. environment protection.- Part IV. Industry 4.0 as an alternative to fighting climate change.- Chapter 16. Competition between "green" projects and projects in the sphere of Industry 4.0 in the

Elena B. Zavyalova is Doctor of Economics, Professor and Head of the Economic Policy Department at MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia. She teaches Russian Economy, Economy of the Former Soviet Countries, National Economic Security, Economic Policy, Public-Private Partnership, Sustainable Development and International Development Assistance. She is an active participant in programs of the World Bank and Beijing Normal University (China). She is a co-author of several research papers for the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, author of over scientific 60 publications.



Elena G. Popkova is Doctor of Economics and Professor at MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia. She is President of the autonomous non-profit organization "Institute of Scientific Communications". Elena G. Popkova organizes Russian and international scientific and practical conferences and is the editor and author of collective monographs, and serves as a guest editor of international scientific journals. She has published more than 300 works in Russian and foreign peer-reviewed scientific journals and books.