BRICS nations are actively collaborating in science, technology, and innovation (STI).
This cooperation is a key strategy for BRICS to foster a multipolar global system.
Focus areas for scientific collaboration include critical socially relevant sectors like energy, water, health, and environment.
An intergovernmental organization comprising five major emerging economies, aiming to promote cooperation across various sectors including economic, political, and scientific domains.
BRICS aims to reform existing global governance structures to reflect a more multipolar and equitable international system, with scientific diplomacy playing a role.
Cooperation in areas like water, energy, health, and environment directly contributes to achieving several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The scientific collaborations within BRICS exemplify science diplomacy, where scientific exchange is used to build international relationships and address common challenges.
GS-II: International Relations (BRICS, global groupings); GS-III: Science & Technology (developments and applications), Environment (conservation, pollution and degradation).
General Awareness: International Organizations, Science & Technology, Current Affairs.
General Awareness: Current Affairs, International Organizations, Economic Groupings.
General Awareness: Current Affairs, Science & Technology.
General Awareness: International Affairs, Science & Technology.
Which of the following countries are well known as the two largest cocoa producers in the world?
Answer: Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
Which one of the following is a part of the Congo Basin?
Answer: Cameroon
Which one of the following lakes of West Africa has become dry and turned into a desert?
Answer: Lake Faguibine
High
An international system where power is distributed among multiple major states or blocs, rather nation than being concentrated in one (unipolar) or two (bipolar) dominant powers.
The use of scientific collaboration among nations to address common problems and build constructive international partnerships.