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Serhii Petrukha*1, Nina Petrukha2, Olena Stoliarenko3, Ganna Ortina4, Ruslan Stuzhuk5,
Dmytro Plakhotnii6
1Department of Management in Construction, Kyiv National University of Construction & Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Email: psv.03051984@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-0724
2Department of Management in Construction, Kyiv National University of Construction & Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Email: n.ninna.1983@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3805-2215
3Department of Financial and Economic Security, National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, Kyiv,
Ukraine. Email: olena_stoliarenko.ua@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3134-3201
4Department of Management and Public Administration, Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological University,
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Email: ortina.ganna@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0266-740X
5Polissia National University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Email: ruslan.stuzhuk291289@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7902-7714
6National Academy of Management, Kyiv, Ukraine. Email: hoty.plank@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1627-0310
*Corresponding author
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 8(2): 775-795. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.080236
Received: 12 July 2025
Reviewed: 15 August 2025
Provisionally Accepted: 17 August 2025
Revised: 19 August 2025
Finally Accepted: 20 August 2025
Published: 30 August 2025
Major transformations are decisively reshaping the intersection of financial markets, artificial intelligence, and natural resource economics. The emergence of the digital age has resulted in a previously unheard-of degree of connectivity, information accessibility, and sophisticated computing power, radically altering traditional procedures and spawning novel paradigms. The proposed study aims to enrich the sustainable development literature by outlining and systematizing emerging patterns and trends in sustainable natural resources management and financial security enhancement, based on AI synergetic influence on sustainable development economy functioning. Based on the method of narrative review, theoretical provisions, practical implications, and cases are investigated, representing a systemic picture of intertwining and strong correlations between sustainable finance and sustainable management of natural resources in the landscape of continuous AI solutions development. The paper outlines the patterns of relation between sustainable development, digital transformation, and financial concerns, in particular within the sustainable finance paradigm. It is demonstrated that AI plays a key role in the green economy to generate monetary and environmental rewards, strengthening nation-state financial security. The patterns revealed in the process of review demonstrate that AI offers both financial and environmental advantages, being a potent tool for international decision-making, risk management, and investment in environmentally friendly businesses, climate investing, and renewable energy projects.
Sustainable finance; AI-driven decisions; Sustainable economy; Financial security
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Petrukha, S., Petrukha, N., Stoliarenko, O., Ortina, G., Stuzhuk, R. and Plakhotnii, D. (2025). Natural Resources and Financial Security: The Synergy of Sustainable Development Economics and Artificial Intelligence. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 8(2): 775-795. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.080236
Petrukha, S., Petrukha, N., Stoliarenko, O., Ortina, G., Stuzhuk, R., & Plakhotnii, D. (2025). Natural Resources and Financial Security: The Synergy of Sustainable Development Economics and Artificial Intelligence. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 8(2), 775-795. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.080236
Petrukha S., Petrukha N., Stoliarenko O., Ortina G., Stuzhuk R., Plakhotnii D. Natural Resources and Financial Security: The Synergy of Sustainable Development Economics and Artificial Intelligence. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 2025, 8 (2), 775-795. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.080236
Petrukha, Serhii, Petrukha, Nina, Stoliarenko, Olena, Ortina, Ganna, Stuzhuk, Ruslan, & Plakhotnii, Dmytro. 2025. “Natural Resources and Financial Security: The Synergy of Sustainable Development Economics and Artificial Intelligence”. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 8 no. 2: 775-795. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.080236
Petrukha, Serhii, Nina Petrukha, Olena Stoliarenko, Ganna Ortina, Ruslan Stuzhuk and Dmytro Plakhotnii. 2025. “Natural Resources and Financial Security: The Synergy of Sustainable Development Economics and Artificial Intelligence”. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 8 (2): 775-795. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.080236
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