BRICS Environment Ministerial meet 2021: India calls for collective actions against climate challenge

The Environment Ministers adopted the New Delhi statement on the environment, which is also aimed at furthering the spirit of cooperation for continuity, consolidation, and consensus in the environment among the BRICS Nations.

New Delhi: India on Friday (August 27) chaired Environment Ministerial meet 2021 and called for collective global actions against the environment and climate challenge, a press release said. "India stressed the need for taking concrete collective global actions against the environment and climate challenge, guided by equity, national priorities and circumstances, and the principles of "Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities(CBDR-RC)," Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said in a press release. The meeting was held virtually at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi, under the chair of India and was participated by the Environment Ministers from the BRICS nations. The meeting was preceded by the BRICS Joint Working Group on Environment meeting on August 26.