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Can BRICS Bridge the Gap Neoliberal Policies have ignored to Properly Address the Climate Crisis?
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The Spectrum: a Scholars Day Journal
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2024-12
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This article explores how the geopolitical bloc of primary BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) offers alternatives to the neoliberal policies of continuous economic growth and marketcentric approaches affecting environment and climate issues. The distinct economic structures and settings of BRICS nations are posited to collectively go beyond existing policies toward a more sustainable and equitable global response to the climate crisis. Four country archetypes (Green Dream, Innovation Wins, Great Wall of Change, and Surfers) presented by the Shell scenarios are described as representing different approaches to clean energy adoption. BRICS countries prioritize government intervention and collective action in contrast to an emphasis on market-based solutions. Their innovative approaches emerge as a formidable force to challenge