COVID-19 and Climate Change in BRICS Nations

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).

• ContentsList of Figures List of TablesList of ContributorsPart I: COVID-19 delaying the BRICS nations climate strategies goals1 The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on BRICS’Climate Strategies and the Potential SolutionsYICHEN HAO 2 Brazil in the Post-Covid Era with Potential to Accelerate a Fourth Green Industrial RevolutionJACIELE DAVI NETO3 Post-pandemic Russia and it’s Continued Commitment Towards EnvironmentalismIRINA ZOTOVNA YARYGINAPART II: Sustainable initiatives and strategies of BRICS countries for the Agenda 20304 Climate Policies in the BRICS Countries: The Interrelation between GHG Emissions Reduction and Socio-Economic DevelopmentILYA STEPANOV, IGOR MAKAROV, ANNA SHURANOVA, DARIA SEROVA, KAMILA SALAKHOVA, YANA KUBRAKOVA, ALEXANDER BURLAKOV 5 Implications of Climate Change for the Brazilian Road InfrastructureANDRÉA SOUZA SANTOS, VICTOR HUGO SOUZA DE ABREU, GABRIEL BEZERRA COSTA DE LIMA, THAÍS GUEDES MÁXIMO MONTEIRO6 India's Strategy for Climate Change and Energy TransitionJING WANG 7 Climate Change and Cities in China: Impacts, Drivers and Policies in Shenyang CityXIAOLONG ZOU, LEMENG YUPART III: The climate change issues and solutions dynamics in BRICS8 The Process, Role, and Future of BRICS Participating in Global Climate GovernanceLETIAN XIE & YILIN QUAN9 China’s Energy Security and Transition in the Post-Paris Era Process,Role,andFutureofBRICSXIAOLONG ZOU, QI SHEN10 The Implication of Population Dynamics on Environmental Issues: A Case Behind Global Change in ClimateSIMISO FISOKUHLE NYANDENI11 Covid-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Climate Change and Environment: An Analysis of Best Practices and Initiatives from IndiaMANOJ K. SAHOO12 BRICS and Global Environmental Cooperation – an Assessment of Sustainability Pathways Beyond COP26AIFANI CONFIDENCE TAHULELA, NDIVHUHO TSHIKOVHI AND FULUFHELO NETSWERAIndex