Covid-19 and Climate Change in Brics Nations: Beyond the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030

This book provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the overall impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa’s (BRICS countries) capacity to re-shape global climate governance and explore areas for mutual cooperation.

Ndivhuho Tshikovhi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) Faculty of Management Sciences.

Andréa Santos is the Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change and Executive Manager of Green Fund of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Xiaolong Zou is an Associate Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Jilin University and is also Researcher at the Institute of National Development and Security Studies at the same university.

Fulufhelo Netswera is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at Durban University of Technology (DUT).

Irina Zotovna Yarygina is the Head of Programs at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, National Committee on BRICS Research.

Sriram Divi is working as an Associate Professor and Chairman, Board of Studies of the Department of Public Policy and Administration, Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU).