Climate Politics
Russia Seeks to Unite BRICS on Climate Initiatives After COP28
- Russia will chair BRICS group of economies next year
- The Economy Ministry said Moscow aims to boost renewables
The BRICS countries will be joined by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Ethiopia and Egypt in 2024.
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As the COP28 talks wrapped up in Dubai, one of the world’s energy heavyweights said it wants to rally a united front among a group of non-Western economies when confronting global climate issues.
Russia’s “task is to combine efforts and common approaches in the Eurasian space and in the BRICS space” when it comes to the climate agenda, First Deputy Economy Minister Ilya Torosov said in an interview Tuesday at the COP28 conference.