Climate Change
BRICS demands wealthy nations finance global climate change
On Monday, the final summit day in Rio de Janeiro for the BRICS group, leaders of developing nations were ready to tackle the challenges that we all face, including climate change, by demanding wealthy nations pay global mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. As he prepares for the United Nations Climate Summit in November, Brazilian President Luiz inacio Lula da Silva has emphasized the importance of the Global South to combat global warming. In a statement released by BRICS leaders on Sunday, they argued that fossils fuels would continue to play a major role in global energy, especially in developing economies....