BRICS' Climate Leadership Aims Hang on Healing Deep Divides
The BRICS group's efforts to assume a greater climate leadership role depend on its ability to overcome internal divisions and entrenched disagreements over finance and policy. The group's success at COP16 talks in Rome has set the stage for a more muscular approach, but it must address concerns about the financial obligations of donor countries. The test of its solidarity will be evident in the months ahead as countries prepare to set out their positions on climate change.
- If the BRICS can put aside their differences and present a unified front, they may be able to leverage their collective weight to push for more ambitious climate action and greater financial support.
- How will the BRICS' approach to climate leadership evolve in light of growing competition from other global powers and non-state actors, such as corporations and civil society groups?