This book offers a timely and in-depth analysis of how the expanded BRICS grouping is engaging with the global climate crisis through diverse national experiences and strategic alignments. Building on the earlier volume BRICS and Climate Change: Balancing National Interests, National Development Goals and Global Environmental Sustainability, which focused on the original BRICS members and Saudi Arabia, this new collection turns to the newer members and partner countries including Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Vietnam, and Bangladesh.

It offers rigorous comparative framework, combining case studies with critical commentary to examine how these emerging economies and climate-vulnerable nations are positioning themselves within the evolving BRICS climate agenda. It offers original research by an international group of scholars and presents interdisciplinary insights from geography, international relations, environmental policy, and development studies. The book also provides valuable analysis of the internal dynamics within BRICS, the challenges of aligning national climate strategies with global commitments, and the bloc’s growing engagement with South-South cooperation and multilateral environmental governance.

With its combination of theoretical engagement, empirical grounding, and policy relevance, the volume is beneficial for academics, researchers, policy practitioners, and graduate students interested in global governance, climate politics, and the shifting balance of power in international relations. It is a critical resource for understanding how a more inclusive BRICS coalition might shape the future of collective climate action.

Dr. Hussein Solomon is Senior Professor in the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Dr. Bashabi Gupta, is Professor at the Department of Geography, Miranda House, University of Delhi, India.

Sanet Solomon is a lecturer in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State, South Africa.