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This paper represents a preface to the Proceedings of the 9th International Scientific Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Environmental Science (ISCSEES 2022) held worldwide on June 22–24 2022. Background information and the organizational structure of the meeting, program committee, and acknowledgments of the contributions of the many people who made the conference a success are presented.

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Name: Inesa Khvostina

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The production of energy from thermal power plants by burning fossil fuels is expected to remain a major part of the global energy mix for a significant period of time. The issue of pollutant emissions remains on the agenda, especially carbon dioxide (CO₂) due to its large quantities released. The article proposes a new concept for the elimination of carbon dioxide and other gaseous pollutants from the waste gases of combustion plants. Based on the assessment of the thermodynamic feasibility of the processes, metals and alloys were selected and initial tests were performed for the transformation of model waste gases from thermal power plants into solid products that could be further utilized by hydrometallurgical technologies. Removals achieved at small scale laboratory experiments were >89 % CO₂, > 71 % CO, > 96 % NO_x and > 60 % SO₂.

The article defines that at the present stage of innovative and creative directions of industrial development there are strict requirements for waste management processes in order to reduce energy and resource consumption, increase their efficiency and ensure environmental safety at the level of world standards in conditions of transparency of economics. Modern scientific and technological progress has brought innovations to humanity, which have provided material resources for the accelerated development of society, as well as raised the question concerning the crisis of the use of limited resources and the emergence of environmental crises. The current status quo requires the production of adhocratic mechanisms for the formation of innovative and creative directions of development of economic entities in the conditions of transparency of economics to overcome this crisis in order to create a model of sustainable development. In this article the world practice of waste management and the current status quo of development of the system of waste formation and management in Ukraine for 2010-2020 have been analyzed. Using calculations of Chuprov, Cramer and Pearson coefficients, it has been determined that the correlation between the amount of waste formed and the amount of waste disposed in 2010-2020 in Ukraine is weak, which confirms the problem of waste management that needs to be addressed at different levels of management in conditions of transparency of economics. According to the results of the research, it has been suggested to develop and implement adhocratic mechanisms for the formation of innovative and creative directions of development of economic entities in conditions of transparency of economics.

In the article, the authors analyzed the theoretical foundations of sustainable economic growth based on the research of modern foreign and domestic scientists. It is proved that the economy of the linear type has exhausted itself due to the effect of scale. That is why, today, one of the foreground of research areas among leading domestic and foreign scientists is the concept of sustainable development which should be based on cyclical or circular economy principles. One of the directions of development is working out methods of products price formation taking into account resource-efficient strategies. The article presents price equilibrium scenarios developed by the authors, which were implemented in the oil and gas industry based on business activities for 2015-2020. These scenarios were developed by the authors using Leontiev's cross-industry model, which explores how do these changes can impact the performance of resource use, based on changes in direct cost ratios, value added ratios and intermediate consumption ratios.

The development of efficient local governance and establishment of comfortable conditions for the living activity are the major strategic tasks of the public governance and authorities' decentralization system modernization that is currently underway in Ukraine. The complicated socio-environmental and economic situation faced by Ukraine due to the deployment of military and political events, the collapse of the national currency, the deformation of industrial infrastructure, the depletion of natural capital, the exhaustion of natural resources, the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19, and other destabilizing factors constitutes an incredibly high threat to the socio-political and economic security of the state as a whole and of each territorial community (TC). In this perspective, each element of the complex national economy system is important and should be translated into the principles of intellectualization in a strategic perspective. Today, the economic systems of both the state and the TCs are largely supported by international organizations – mainly through the provision of international loans and grants. The harmonization of national legislation on the preservation and reproduction of natural capital with European directives is the priority area of the foreign policy of Ukraine. Cooperation with international organizations sets a number of requirements for Ukraine, including the transparency of financial flows and natural capital accounting. Clear regulation of accounting, storage, and reproduction of natural capital is an urgent task of the public administration system. Taking into account the fact that climate security is a global problem, adaptation of national standards to European directives will make it possible to unify the information support of public finances and form a strategy for the development of natural capital. The main factors of economic efficiency in the Republic of Poland and Ukraine are compared. The research verifies the regression relationships between budget funding of territorial communities and the population of these territorial communities and provides conclusions about the efficiency of TCs' funding in Ukraine.

The article has focused on the European Green Deal [EGD], its goals, key tasks and components. Particular attention has been paid to the specifics of the implementation of the EGD in the partner countries of the Eastern Partnership [EaP]. The author's approach to singling out clusters of the EaP countries on the integration of their green policies, taking into account the level of convergence of the EaP countries environmental and climate policies and the peculiarities of the implementation of the EGD, has been presented. The potential of the countries of the region in terms of readiness to switch to green energy has been identified on the basis of the Energy Transition Index and the dynamics of the EaP Environmental and Climate Policy Sub-Index. The degree of correlation between the general degree of convergence of the EaP countries to the European Union and the degree of convergence of the EaP countries environmental and climate policies to the EGD has been determined. The ways of transformation of the strategy of formation and implementation of the EGD for the Eastern Partnership countries, taking into account the current challenges, have been outlined. Thorough conclusions and recommendations for the EaP countries in the context of EGD implementation have been presented.

The article discusses general approaches for monitoring the urban environment based on geoinformation technologies. The purpose of these studies is to use the properties of poly-scale geoinformation monitoring in modeling and forecasting the state of the urban environment. The urgency of identifying the spatio-temporal features of the development of the urban environment at different territorial levels is shown. Each territorial level carries its own level of detail. These levels are the global level, regional, local, macro, meso level and primary level. The set-theoretic representation of the principle of poly-scale modelling of objects of the urban environment is considered. Based on this approach, models and methods of geoinformation monitoring at each scale level can be represented as a composition of ordered pairs of different structural types. An example of a hierarchy of methods and models used in studies of the urban environment is given. The concept of basic composition models is introduced. On the basis of such models, a technology for constructing poly-scale compositions is presented. Such compositions make it possible to convey the computational essence of the corresponding mathematical models at each level of the poly-scale approach in the study of the urban environment. A generalized scheme for applying the principle of poly-scale decomposition of a geoinformation monitoring object has been developed. At the same time, at each level of the information space, the construction of the corresponding models of the monitoring object is provided.

Protection and recovery of land natural ecosystems is a relevant task of sustainable development. Natural recovery of forests is an important instrument to solve the problem. The article describes the integrated approach to management of land use with self-sown forests, which have become a wide-spread phenomenon on the agricultural lands in Polissia and Forest-Steppe zones of the western Ukraine. The authors conducted an interview, which demonstrated people's attitude to self-afforestation of lands. The idea of protecting self-sown forests was supported by one third of the respondents. Among those, who wish to possess a land plot with forests, the main share is represented by people of the age category of 21-40 years old. The authors substantiate the potential value of ecosystem services, which can be supplied by self-sown forests by introducing different practices. A focus is made on the ecosystem benefits from protection of self-sown forests, which cannot be expressed in money terms, but are of environmental and social value for the community. A model of integrated management of agricultural lands with self-sown forests was developed. It is suggested to use planning as an instrument, which involves assessment of the potential of land and other resources, to determine alternatives of land use, considering economic and social conditions of the territory development and landscape characteristics. Ukraine should develop a policy, establish institutes and approve procedures intended to protect self-sown forests. In the future, it will reduce the area of ploughed land and improve biodiversity of the territory.

The essence and role of profit in forecasting the development of agricultural production are investigated in the article. The value of profit in modern conditions as an important driving force of the economy is determined and proved. It is revealed that forecasting the development of agricultural business is a set of studies of economic activities of the enterprise using appropriate sources of information, determining available reserves, analysing the results of activities and developing the necessary measures for efficient production. The DuPont model was used to analyse the impact of indicators on return on equity. It was found that the factor analysis of the profitability of own capital makes it possible to determine the impact of key factors on performance. Research has shown that return on equity depends on three factors: return on sales, asset turnover and the structure of advance capital. These factors summarize all aspects of financial and economic activities of the enterprise, their statics and dynamics. Based on the factor model, the possibilities of quantitative and qualitative growth of the basic economic indicators of activity of the agricultural enterprise, which are expressed in underused reserves of production resources, are defined. Possible directions of increasing the company's profit in modern conditions have been studied, among which the main ones may be: growth of production and sales volumes, optimization of production and sales costs and improvement of its quality.

The level of any country's involvement in foreign trade significantly influences its economic situation, primarily because it is a major channel of foreign exchange earnings. The development of agriculture in Ukraine is the basis for increasing the gross domestic product, as it provides jobs to a significant part of the population. The success of foreign economic activity of agricultural enterprises is primarily determined by their level of strategic competitive advantage in the world market. Making management decisions on foreign economic activity, according to the position of competitiveness of agricultural enterprises, is a rather complex process, which should be preceded by analysis and assessment. Building strategic competitive advantages of agricultural enterprises ensures the efficiency and effectiveness of their foreign economic activity. The article deals with a methodical approach to classifying agricultural enterprises in Ukraine according to the degree of foreign economic activity, which includes calculation of the regional index of export competitiveness of agricultural enterprises and their grouping by the degree of foreign economic activity. For grouping, we propose to use a simple method for one grouping feature at regular intervals. As a result, three groups of agricultural enterprises of the regions of Ukraine are singled out in accordance with the degree of development of the foreign economic activity, namely with a low, medium, and a high degree of development.

The article reveals the features of organizational and economic support for the development of the environmental market in Ukraine. It shows the analysis of development of the environmentally friendly products market and services in Ukraine. Here we built a multiple-regression model of organic consumption in Ukraine, and the analysis is based on the following factors: the number of certified producers of organic products; the volume of consumption of organic products on the domestic market; the area of agricultural land allocated for organic production and the capacity of the organic market in Ukraine. It is proved that in order to intensify the organizational and economic support of the environmental market in Ukraine, it is necessary to determine the main socio-ecological and economic tools for creating a system of environmental goods production, including the adoption of new legislation; the implementation of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement; informatization of the economy, formation of online services; the dissemination of environmental audit activities; the environmental insurance services in the agro-industrial complex; the digitalization of production cycles from production, logistics to preservation of quality and terms of realization and delivery of ecological production. We offered a number of strategic directions for ecological market development in Ukraine.

The article considers the analytical approach to the spatial management of the adaptation of the enterprise economic potential in circular economy. The research is based on the dependence of economic potential management systems on its level at the enterprise. The spatial management of economic potential adaptations requires the use of a comprehensive approach to the assessment of its level. The comprehensive approach includes a combination of methods of the factor analysis, the method of principal components and correlation and the regression analysis. The authors propose summary indicators of the components of economic potential that maximally reflect the adaptation of enterprises to modern conditions of economic management. On the basis of the correlation and regression analysis the integral indicator of economic potential evaluation has been calculated, the implementation of which will allow to build an effective system of spatial management of adaptation of economic potential of the company in circular economy. The practical value of the obtained results consists in substantiation of the spatial management of adaptation of the enterprise economic potential in conditions of circular economy by means of the suggested methodology of calculation of the economic potential level.

Intensive consumption of natural resources causes man-made changes in the environment, which result in deteriorating living conditions and threaten the existence of human civilization. Today, the problem of environmental pollution is an environmental catastrophe of a global nature that needs to be urgently addressed. To identify the factors influencing the state of solid waste management in different countries, several indicators were selected that describe the environmental situation, its level of economic development, education, and comprehensive development of society. The built regression models and the interpretation of their parameters indicate the need to consider three elements of the strategy to improve the management of solid waste: 1) promoting economic development, including innovative waste processing technologies; 2) improving the legal framework for the industry; 3) raising the educational level and environmental awareness of the country's population.

The article defines that to create an effective system of financial and economic regulation of the system-vector development of economic quiddity in the conditions of the circular economy it is necessary to define reserves, which contain a system of measures and methods of determining the potential capacity to develop in accordance with the real opportunities of economic entities of the energy sector in conditions of uncertainty, that allows to make well-grounded and well-balanced management decisions. It is determined that the methodical approach to determining the impact of target parameters of financial and economic condition on the level of the system-vector development of economic entities of the energy sector in the conditions of the circular economy, based on the use of financial-economics identification of the system-vector development of economic quiddity, considering the diversity, nonlinearity of target parameters of financial and economic activities and the convergence of their institutional dominants. This allows to determine the weighting of statistical indicators of financial condition, which reflects the parametric data of ranges of factors-indicators of impact on the level of financial-economics support of the system-vector development of economic quiddity in the conditions of the circular economy.

In this paper the factors influencing sustainable development were identified. The influence of emergent qualities of education management on stable development is highlighted. The analysis of the rating of countries by the level of education, the human development index was carried out. A cognitive map-review of systematized factors of influence on the development of education in the modern socio-economic environment has been constructed. Economic-mathematical models that describe trends in indicators of the impact of emergent qualities of education management on sustainable development and testify to a fairly stable relationship between the factors influencing the stable development of education management have been constructed. It is proved that the emergent qualities of education management have a direct impact on the creation of a scientific and technological platform in Ukraine as an effective mechanism for partnership and interaction between education, science and business.

The article devotes the study of the environmental responsibility of automotive enterprises from the point of view of solving global environmental problems. The authors mainly focus on the issues of financial stability, which determines enterprises' ability to realize sustainable development goals (SDGs). The synthesis of scientific approaches allows for generalizing and developing theoretical foundations for understanding the role of finance and investment in achieving SDGs. The authors proposed a methodology for analyzing the influence of financial stability on the possibilities of realizing SDGs and carried out its approbation on the example of automobile enterprises. In general, the authors identify the main challenges, trends, and problems of financial support for the implementation of sustainable development goals, which allows setting key objectives for the near future. According to the analysis results, an algorithm for sustainable development management was proposed, which differs in complexity and multilevel approach. The role of automotive corporations in shaping the eco-environment in their countries requires further research.

The article shows the relevance of transition to a cyclical economy in the society under the influence of global crises. Two hypotheses were proposed. Firstly, the formation of environmental values in Ukrainian society can be traced, which can create the basis for the transition of society to a circular economy model. Secondly, the important role of education in the implementation of the concepts of sustainable development and the circular economy has been confirmed, since it ensures the formation of environmental and economic consciousness, value orientations and social culture, trains specialists and develops the economy, in particular cyclical economy. To assess the hypotheses, the following were used: an online survey of representatives of the educational community. The results showed: 1) insufficient awareness of respondents about the nature of the circular economy; 2) the value of protecting the ecology of the region and the understanding of the importance of environmental protection in Ukrainian society are weak; 3) The most important problems include economic problems, but at the same time, environmental problems of the territories. An analysis of the scientific literature and coverage of foreign practical experience made it possible to determine the ways of developing education in support of sustainable development, the "green" and cyclical economy, the reorientation of higher and postgraduate education towards the training of specialists in the cyclical economy. The results can be useful in the formation and adaptation of educational and environmental strategies.

Paper has tried to find a balance between the traditional role of public administration (transparency, efficiency, information symmetry and other values of common European administrative space) and the new role since the European Green Deal (2020) and public procurement reform (2014) as a policy tool for promoting green growth. It has been argued that Green Public Governance Efficiency can be assessed according to inputs and outputs. The information can be organised into several categories: Investment in Environmental governance, public institution energy consumption and green public procurement. Some variables can be waged as outputs: sustainable development growth index (SDGI), consumer engagement in green governance and the achievement of Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria. It is difficult to arrive at conclusions about a need for appropriate instrumental variables. Despite the limitations, these are valuable in light of how Public Administration can contribute to environmental protection and long-term growth.

The purpose of the study is to assess the state of and structural changes in Ukraine's electricity generation and their impact on the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. For the investigation, data from the International Energy Agency and the National Power Company Ukrenergo were used. The study analyzes the trends in Ukraine CO₂ emissions by economic sector, the trends in the country's electricity generation and electricity generation capacities, the structure of electricity generation capacities by type of flexibility and presents the calculations of the integral coefficients of structural changes in the electricity generation capacities and electricity generation by type of flexibility. The study also examines how the structure of the energy sector of Ukraine has changed in terms of electricity generation. For this purpose, the structure of the Ukrainian electricity generation capacities and electricity generation by generation type is considered and the integral coefficients of structural changes in the electricity capacities and electricity production by generation type are calculated. Based on the study results, it is determined that, over the considered period, the decrease in Ukraine's electricity generation was more significant than the decrease in its generation capacities, which has led to a corresponding reduction in CO₂ emissions in the country; the structural changes in the electric power industry of Ukraine were not adequate to the structural changes in the country's economy, which has led to a shortage in flexible capacities but also resulted in the reduction of CO₂ emissions due to a decline in electricity generation.

Destructive phenomena conditions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, hostilities in Eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014, and the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, have significantly affected Ukraine's environmental and economic security. The self-development processes of Ukraine's safety began to slow down, which led to the degradation of the interconnection system between the environment and the economy. The study aims to determine the destructive phenomena' impact on the environmental and economic security level of Ukraine using an improved method of normalised clustering indices to analyse the distribution of Ukraine's regions into homogeneous groups at the level of integrated environmental and economic security. This index is calculated based on stimulating and disincentive normative indicators from 2004 to 2020. With the help of clustering of regions, the adverse effects of destructive phenomena on individual parts and their groups were identified. The obtained results make it possible to track the positive and negative processes of state intervention in the mechanism to ensure the level of environmental and economic security.

The article considers the existing approaches to understanding the term "sustainable development" and the methodology for assessing sustainable development processes. The problem of lack of a unified methodology for assessing the sustainable development of administrative-territorial units has been identified, which prompted its development. Based on the analysis, a method of assessing the sustainable development of administrative-territorial units has been proposed. The methodology is based on metrics for measuring sustainable development processes, developed by the Institute for Applied System Analysis of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Improving the existing methodology was to simplify it by developing a single system of parameters based on official statistics. Instead, it was suggested not to use the original data obtained by experts, due to the impossibility of verifying their reliability. For the same reason, it was proposed to abandon the use of weights when calculating the values of indicators and policy categories. Approbation of the improved methodology was carried out on the example of Poltava, Sumy and Kharkiv regions, which are part of the North-Eastern economic region of Ukraine. The calculations confirmed the comparability of the results with the results of other authors in previous studies. The improved methodology, in contrast to existing ones, is different due to its simplicity, versatility and suitability for assessing the sustainable development of any comparable administrative-territorial units. At the same time, further research is needed on the system of baseline parameters for administrative-territorial units for which there are insufficient official statistics, as well as the feasibility of applying weights, provided they are properly justified.

The winning projects of participatory budgeting in the cities of Ukraine and Poland are analyzed as a public mechanism for diagnosing the priorities of territorial communities. It is found out that given the unmet basic needs of community representatives (road quality, condition of schools, playgrounds, etc.) involved in participatory budgeting in Ukraine, the strategic goals of local communities are ignored. It has an adverse impact on the need to achieve sustainable development goals based on community potential. It is proposed to establish additional quotas or separate project categories related to the categories of "environment" and "renewable energy" as strategic projects.

The development of regions, their features and the possibility of a balanced growth of the economy of the regions are relevant for all countries. The ability to evenly and steadily develop the region and use the available resources is the basis of any management strategy. The choice of management model in the development of the region is influenced by a number of factors, among which are the limited resources, the level of development of the region and its general condition, scientific and technological progress, labor resources, transport links and other factors. The purpose of the study is to identify the most progressive and promising for investment areas of the Odessa region and depressive ones, which will allow implementing the region's development strategy more efficiently and taking into account the needs of depressed regions.

The purpose of the article is to identify the main changes that have taken place in the consumer behavior of retail enterprises under the influence of objective factors such as the transition to the digital economy, the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the transition of all businesses to new conditions of functioning. The authors present the directions of global changes in the motives, intentions, and means of purchase; identify the main drivers for the buyer in the new realities of retail trade. Based on the conducted primary and secondary researches features of consumer behavior both on a global, and regional scale are defined. The article reflects the changes in the channels of purchase of goods by category, as well as an assessment of the factors that cause feelings of consumer insecurity. The problems of Ukrainian trade enterprises are considered, taking into account the peculiarities of the behavior of Ukrainian consumers when making a purchase both physically and online. The problems that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are considered, and, taking into account the opinions of experts, conclusions are made on how retail companies will be able to adapt to the new conditions of the digital economy.