As the world wrangles over its next steps in fighting climate change, each country has its own concerns and interests they hope to advance at this year’s U.N. climate summit starting on Thursday in Dubai. Brazil, South Africa, India and China make up a bloc of populous, fast-developing countries. Each has asked for more climate financing and equity through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concept of “common but differentiated responsibilities” — meaning rich countries that emitted the most historically should do more to address the problem.
Chart 1 | The chart shows the share of clean (blue) and fossil fuel (red) sources in power generation in BRICS countries between 2000 and 2022.
