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Development strategy of the world's largest cities in recent years "turned green" substantially and include as priority the maintenance of the quality of the environment and reduce the risks posed by global climate change. The article analyzes the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (2016-2030) from the standpoint of sustainability and quality of life of communities, primarily in the big cities. Proceeding from these positions the authors consider the relationship and interaction between different Goals, targets and indicators for their implementation. Particular attention is paid to international indices of city prosperity and cities outlook, the global cities index. Constructive methodological and instrumental basis for solving urban problems is the concept of ecosystem services and payments for these services. The largest cities and megalopolises should be prioritized and pioneer objects in the system of payments for ecosystem services or compensation for the loss of the quality of these services, which eventually should become nationwide and provide a sustainable long-run development of the country.

In 2015, the UN Conference adopted the Sustainable Human Development Goals for 2016-2030, supported by all countries, including Russia. The article analyzes the task of adapting the UN SDG from the standpoint of the possibility of including indicators of the digital economy in these Goals for Russia. Key economic, social and environmental indicators of the digital economy, which most reflect the country's sustainable development objectives, have been proposed. The particular difficulties in Russia and the world are caused by the identification of adequate indicators of the digital economy and their quantitative interpretation for environmental SDGs, which is caused by an insufficient statistical base. The integral index of the digital economy and society and the place of Russia in the world from the standpoint of this index are analyzed. It is advisable in the country to develop and adopt in one form or another its own long-term Sustainable Development Strategy that takes into account the SDGs, and the development of the digital economy will be an important driver for its implementation.
и развитие цифровой экономики будет важным драйвером ее реализации.

The paper shows the need for the development and widespread use of sustainable development indicators for the regions. Drawing on global and Russia's experience, the authors suggest perspective indicators of sustainability for Russian regions and analyze possible approaches to the elaboration of indicators for the regions on the basis of the adaptation of the World Bank adjusted net savings index and the UN Millennium Development Goals. Adequate accounting of indicators, which are currently undervalued or not considered, can lead to the revision of the mediumand long-term goals for regional development.

The type of civilization formed on the planet can be defined as a «civilization of maximization», which is focused on the growth of financial results, production of goods and services, and consumption. This type of civilization leads to numerous environmental conflicts at all levels. In this regard, it seems promising to study the mechanisms of internalization of externalities as a basis for preventing and overcoming environmental conflicts. The types of environmental conflicts are identified, depending on the scope of the covered impact and the externalities that generate them: temporal, global, intercountry, intersectoral, interregional and local. The article analyzes the problem of climate change as a significant example of an environmental conflict caused by the temporal and global externalities of the «civilization of maximization». Large corporations, being the drivers of the «civilization of maximization,» at the same time increasingly participate in the environmental transformation of the world and national economies