Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

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

HAO

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

JACIELE DAVI NETO

3 Post-pandemic Russia and it’s Continued Commitment

Towards Environmentalism

IRINA ZOTOVNA YARYGINA

PART II: 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

ANDREA SOUZA SANTOS, VICTOR HUGO SOUZA DE ABREU,

GABRIEL BEZERRA COSTA DE LIMA, THAIS GUEDES MAXIMO 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

XIAOLONG ZOU, 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

LETIAN XIE & YILIN QUAN

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

XIAOLONG ZOU, QI SHEN

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

NYANDENI

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