COVID-19 and Climate Change in BRICS Nations
Beyond the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030
Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research Series

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

BRICS countries account for nearly 40% of the total world population and are thus intrinsic to the global efforts and results for Agenda 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, and beyond. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic does not at first appear to be directly related to BRICS? policies to address climate change, but it has influenced the pace and nature of climate action due to the loss of human and financial capital. This book examines this correlation and raises awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic?s impacts and potential solutions on BRICS? climate strategies. Drawing on case studies from each country, the authors use examples from urban governance, energy transition strategy, foreign investment, and more to illustrate how COVID-19 has negatively or positively impacted climate data and draw wider conclusions about the long-term climate policies that may be implemented.

This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental politics and governance, and global development studies.

Contents

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List of Contributors

Part I: COVID-19 delaying the BRICS nations climate strategies goals

1 The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on BRICS’

Climate Strategies and the Potential Solutions

YICHENHAO

2 Brazil in the Post-Covid Era with Potential to Accelerate a Fourth Green Industrial Revolution

JACIELEDAVI NETO

3 Post-pandemic Russia and it’s Continued Commitment

Towards Environmentalism

IRINA ZOTOVNA YARYGINA

PARTII: Sustainable initiatives and strategies of BRICS countries for the Agenda 2030

4 Climate Policies in the BRICS Countries: The Interrelation between GHG Emissions Reduction and Socio-Economic Development

ILYA STEPANOV, IGOR MAKAROV, ANNA SHURANOVA, DARIA SEROVA, KAMILA SALAKHOVA, YANA KUBRAKOVA, ALEXANDER BURLAKOV

5 Implications of Climate Change for the Brazilian Road Infrastructure

ANDRÉA SOUZASANTOS, VICTOR HUGO SOUZA DE ABREU,

GABRIEL BEZERRA COSTA DE LIMA, THAÍS GUEDES MÁXIMO MONTEIRO

6 India's Strategy for Climate Change and Energy Transition

JING WANG

7 Climate Change and Cities in China: Impacts, Drivers and Policies in Shenyang City

XIAOLONGZOU, LEMENG YU

PART III: The climate change issues and solutions dynamics in BRICS

8 The Process, Role, and Future of BRICS Participating in Global Climate Governance

LETIANXIE & YILIN QUAN

9 China’s Energy Security and Transition in the Post-Paris Era Process,Role,andFutureofBRICS

XIAOLONGZOU, QI SHEN

10 The Implication of Population Dynamics on Environmental Issues: A Case Behind Global Change in Climate

SIMISO FISOKUHLENYANDENI

11 Covid-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Climate Change and Environment: An Analysis of Best Practices and Initiatives from India

MANOJ K. SAHOO

12 BRICS and Global Environmental Cooperation – an Assessment of Sustainability Pathways Beyond COP26

AIFANI CONFIDENCE TAHULELA, NDIVHUHO TSHIKOVHI AND FULUFHELO NETSWERA

Index

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).