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The BRICS Senior Officials' Meeting of the Environment Working Group and the Contact Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development began at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 17 August 2026.
They set the stage for the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers' Meeting at the same venue on 18 August 2026, chaired by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
The meetings are being held under India's BRICS Chairship 2026 theme, 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'.
India's priority areas for the session are sustainable lifestyles, afforestation and forest fire management, disaster resilience, circular economy and climate adaptation.
The grouping's standing mechanism for environmental cooperation, established in Moscow in 2015
A newer BRICS platform, established in 2024, for coordination on climate change and sustainable development
India's nodal ministry for environmental policy and the host of these meetings
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An economic model that keeps materials in use through reuse, repair and recycling instead of the extract-use-discard pattern.
The rotating responsibility for hosting and setting the agenda of BRICS meetings for a calendar year; India holds it in 2026.
The convention and exhibition complex in New Delhi that hosts India's major international meetings.