Study On The Relationship Between Carbon Emission And Economic Growth Of Russia Based On Environmental Kuznets Curve

With the rapid development of science and technology, the industrial revolution has brought unprecedented prosperity to the human society. Economic development in the primary stage is highly dependent on natural resources and environment. There are many short boards like low resource utilization rate, extensive management, in economic development that are leading to more and more carbon emission, resulting in the severe global climate problem-the greenhouse effect. Therefore, energy saving and emission reduction has become a top priority. In order to control carbon emission scientifically and efficiently while not putting negative influence on developing areas, the relationship study of the relation between carbon emission and economic development of the emerging economies has an important guiding significance.As a typical representative of the extensive economic development, the economic growth of Russia is largely dependent on natural resources, especially on fossil fuels. Through collecting the fuel combustion, industrial, agricultural, and other aspects of carbon emissions data of Russia, the carbon emissions of Russia between 1998 to 2013 were calculated using the proposed method of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). And combined with the Russian national economic data, the relation between carbon emission and economic development in Russia was revealed, based on the theory of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. According to the calculation results and curve fitting, the conclusions are as follows:(1) Russia’s carbon emission and economic growth are in line with the environmental Kuznets curve theory in the inverted U type relation. And Russia is still in the front part of the curve before the inflection point, that is, for a long time, Russia’s carbon emission will increase with the economic growth, but the growth rate of carbon emission will slow down;(2) Related policies played a significant role in controlling carbon emission in Russia. The inflection point of the inverted U curve may occur ahead of time by policy adjustment, which suggests that it is better not to wait for the inflection point. Data showed that Russia’s energy structure and industrial structure during the researching period have occurred within a certain change, contributing to lower carbon emission acceleration, which is inseparable with the development policy of Russian government.(3) The relationship between carbon emission and economic growth of Russia conditions turned out to have typical characteristics under certain. However, particular political and economic situation may have a certain influence on the relationship, which may not absolutely develop along with the time line. As a result, the study can provide reference for other emerging economies and developing area. Meanwhile, it also shows that the impact of special conditions on the relationship between carbon emissions and economic development is likely to be huge.