COVID-19 and Climate Change in BRICS Nations

ISBN-13: 9781032597430 / Twarda / 2023 / 248 str.

Opis

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.

 

Spis treści

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

YICHEN 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

 

ANDRÉA SOUZA SANTOS, 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

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

SIMISO FISOKUHLE 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

 

 

O autorze

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 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 a 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 of 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). Dr Divi has completed his Masters and PhD from Osmania University, Hyderabad.