15 de September de 2017
The BRICS and the New Development Bank
This Policy Brief discusses the process of the creation of the NBD, its significance for financing development, and finally its effects....
20 de April de 2017
The BASIC and the Biennial Reports for the Climate Convention’s Update
Among the BASIC countries, only Brazil and South Africa presented their First Biennial Update Report (BUR 1) in December 2014, according to the stipulated deadline. Recently, in March 2017, Brazil presented...
21 de December de 2016
22nd Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP22)
In its eighth edition, the Radar addresses the 22nd Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP22), which took place in early November in Morocco. The publication will address the pre-COP...
30 de November de 2016
The New Multilateral Development Banks and Socio-environmental Safeguards
The creation of new multilateral development banks (MDBs), such as the New Development Bank, created by members of the BRICS countries in 2014, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, created...
14 de July de 2016
Second United Nations Environment Assembly
The Socio-environmental Radar is a monthly publication focused on the environmental news related to the five BRICS countries. Each month a theme is chosen and news on the subject will...
20 de June de 2016
Speeches by BRICS leaders at the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement
The second edition of the Socio-environmental Radar follows up on the signing of the Paris Agreement, addressing the speeches of the BRICS leaders at this time. It notes the consistent...
7 de June de 2016
Social Innovation as a tool for Enhancing Women’s Resilience to Climate Change: a look at the BRICS
This paper explores the relationship between climate change and gender with a special focus on the BRICS countries. It argues that social innovations constitute tools for enhancing women’s adaptive capacity....
15 de May de 2016
Ratification of the Paris Agreement by BRICS
In its first publication, the Socio-environmental Radar presents the individual position of the BRICS countries regarding the signing of the Paris Agreement. In bringing the challenges and advances of each...