With the new round of updates to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which set targets for 2035, the BRICS Policy Center's (BPC) Socio-environmental Platform presents a brief review of its...
The document analyzes the relevance of the principles formulated 70 years ago in light of today’s global crises and the reconfiguration of power relations within the international system. The authors highlight...
In 2018, the United Nations adopted the controversial UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees. What have they meant for global migration policy? In this report, the authors find that...
The BRICS group has been intensifying its cooperation initiatives in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), recognizing it as a strategic technology for sustainable development and for reducing inequalities. ...
Saudi Arabia’s accession to the BRICS remains shrouded in ambiguity. Although the country was invited to join the group during the Johannesburg Summit in 2023, and is listed as a...
Brazil is internationally recognized for its strict tobacco control policies, having implemented a series of measures to reduce consumption and mitigate the impacts of smoking on public health. ...
The Urban 20 (U20) is “a city diplomacy initiative that brings together cities from the G20 member countries with the aim of promoting debate and the political articulation of recommendations...
This publication consolidates and expands the analysis begun in the series “BRICS in Expansion”, published on the Socio-Environmental Platform's Instagram profile between 2023 and 2025. This work is part of...
Created in 2013, the Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM) is an initiative of the Institute of International Relations (IRI) of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio),...
This work began as a translation of the text “Systems of Conflict”, originally published in December 2023 in the Virtual Encyclopedia, a project linked to the Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace...