At a BRICS event, Dilma defends energy transition and sends a message to the traditional Brazilian press.

247 - President of the New Development Bank (NDB), the BRICS Bank, Dilma Rousseff highlighted this Saturday (5) the importance of the energy transition as one of the main areas of action for the countries that are part of the group. 

During a BRICS event in Rio de Janeiro, Dilma also sent messages to the traditional Brazilian press, which, according to the NDB president, was against the idea of ​​stimulating investments in the areas of wind and solar energy.

“We had to store wind and sun. All the Brazilian press… thought it was ignorance. It’s one of the most important areas in the field of wind and solar energy,” he said in a statement to the press with the board during the 10th Annual Meeting in Copacabana (RJ).

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The Sustainable Development and Climate Change axis is one of the six thematic axes of BRICS. The other five are:

1. Politics and Security
2. Finance, Economics and Trade
3. Science, Technology and Innovation
4. Human and Social Development
5. Social Pillar - People to People (P2P), which seeks to strengthen social and cultural ties between member countries.

See the statement issued by BRICS on the group's website.

Within the framework of Sustainable Development and Climate Change, the Brazilian presidency of BRICS will seek to promote debates that contribute to the participation of BRICS countries in COP30 (United Nations Climate Change Conference), especially regarding climate finance. We will seek to develop initiatives against the backdrop of the pressing need to intensify global efforts to contain global warming to the critical limit of 1,5°C above pre-industrial levels.

In addition to the climate and environment agenda, the Brazilian presidency will continue activities related to natural disaster management, focusing on strengthening community resilience through capacity building and resilient infrastructure. Similarly, special attention will be given to efforts towards the energy transition, based on updating the group's work plan for energy cooperation and discussing new sustainable fuels. 

Discussions on infrastructure will be framed by efforts to contain climate change, including topics such as sustainable and resilient infrastructure, community-based early warning systems (CBEWS), decarbonization of ports and maritime transport, development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), international logistics, air connectivity, and sustainable urban mobility. 

Now check out the BRICS member countries.

1. Brazil
2. Russia
3. India
4. China
5. South Africa
6. Saudi Arabia
7. Egypt
8. Emirados Arabes Unidos
9. Ethiopia
10. Indonesia 
11. Iran 

Partner countries

1. Belarus
2. Bolívia
3. Kazakhstan
4. Cuba
5. Malasia
6. Niga © ria
7. Thailand
8. Uganda 
9. Uzbequistan