India is set to host the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting in New Delhi on 18.08.2026, preceded by the BRICS Senior Officers’ Meeting of the Environment Working Group and Contact Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development on 17.08.2026.
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India to Host BRICS Environment Working Group Meetings at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi (17-18 August 2026)
BRICS Member Countries to deliberate on Shared Environmental Priorities and Strengthen Cooperation for a Resilient and Sustainable Future 16 AUG 2026 9:11AM by PIB Delhi
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The event would be held under the overarching theme of India’s BRICS Chairship 2026 - ‘Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability’.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, under its BRICS 2026 Chairship, initiated discussions and deliberations through a series of virtual meetings, technical sessions, webinars and dialogues during the period March to July 2026.
These consultations provided an important platform for building consensus and setting the context for in-person deliberations in New Delhi on 17th - 18th August 2026.
The BRICS Environment Working Group (EWG) was established in 2015 during the first BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Moscow.
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