New BRICS Member Climate Policy: Challenges and Opportunities

... Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), by 2020, the increase in global average temperature compared to the pre-industrial era (1850-1900) reached 1.1 degrees Celsius. However, climate change mitigation measures currently pledged by nations are insufficient to maintain the rise in the global temperature within the limits set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. BRICS countries play a crucial role in global climate policy. Even before its expansion, the association ...