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Executive Summary
At the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting held on August 18, 2026, under India’s Chairship, four knowledge compendiums were unveiled to foster international cooperation on environmental challenges. These documents serve as a collective repository of leading practices and innovations from BRICS member countries, covering sustainable lifestyles, wildfire management, greening approaches, and circular economy frameworks. The meeting emphasized systemic transformation through shared knowledge, policy innovation, and community-led action.
Key Points / Main Content
Sustainable Lifestyles
Knowledge Repository: Documents success stories from member countries (including Brazil, China, India, and others) on translating sustainable concepts into practical actions.
Systemic Transformation: Focuses on policy innovation, behavioral change, and digital integration to drive citizen-led sustainable lifestyles.
India’s Contributions: Highlights "Mission LiFE," the Environment Education Programme, and the "SAMBHAV" campaign as models for whole-of-society engagement.
Integrated Fire Management
Climate Resilience: Addresses the increasing frequency of wildfires due to rising temperatures and prolonged droughts.
Collaborative Strategy: Promotes a shift from reactive response to a "shared vision" encompassing prevention, preparedness, early warning, and recovery.
Resource Integration: Emphasizes the use of indigenous knowledge, community-led prevention, and advanced technology to protect biodiversity and livelihoods.
Landscape-Based Greening Approaches
Environmental Challenges: Targets interconnected issues such as land degradation, desertification, and biodiversity loss.
Integrated Interventions: Highlights practices that combine ecosystem restoration with biodiversity conservation.
Cooperation Framework: Identifies the need for collaborative research, technical cooperation, and common monitoring and assessment approaches.
Circular Economy and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Resource Efficiency: Focuses on regulatory instruments and institutional models required to transition to a resource-efficient economy.
Waste Management: Showcases digital waste-exchange platforms, recycling certifications, and comprehensive waste-sector reforms.
India’s EPR Architecture: Highlights the transition toward a market-based EPR system supported by centralized digital platforms for diverse waste streams.
Impact Analysis
BRICS Member Countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and UAE)Impact
Member nations gain access to a collaborative blueprint for peer learning and multilateral cooperation, enabling them to strengthen collective resilience against climate change.
Action Required
Countries are expected to share experiences, engage in joint research, and adopt the documented "leading practices" to meet global restoration and sustainable development objectives.
Policymakers and Regulatory BodiesImpact
The compendiums provide actionable policy frameworks and institutional models, particularly regarding EPR and landscape-based greening.
Action Required
Authorities must work toward developing common approaches for monitoring and assessment, and implementing market-based regulatory instruments.
Local Communities and CitizensImpact
Communities are identified as central to environmental efforts, particularly in wildfire prevention and the adoption of sustainable lifestyles.
Action Required
Citizens are encouraged to engage in "citizen-led" initiatives and community participation to drive the behavioral changes necessary for systemic environmental transformation.
Key Entities Referenced
12th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting: The high-level international forum held under India’s 2026 BRICS Chairship to launch collaborative knowledge products on environmental sustainability.
Mission LiFE: A key Indian initiative focused on citizen-led sustainable lifestyles, highlighted as a primary model for global environmental education and behavioral change.
BRICS Environment Working Group: The technical body responsible for the deliberations and preparation of the four collaborative knowledge compendiums unveiled at the meeting.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): A regulatory framework and market-based architecture emphasized for transitioning BRICS member countries toward a circular and resource-efficient economy.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC): The lead Indian ministry responsible for hosting the ministerial meeting and compiling the repository of national experiences on sustainable lifestyles.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
12th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting
Launches Knowledge Products
प्रव तथ: 18 AUG 2026 1:05PM by PIB Delhi
At the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting under India’s BRICS 2026 Chairship, Union Minister
for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, Shri Bhupender Yadav, along with
Heads of Delegations of BRICS member countries, unveiled four knowledge Compendiums prepared by
the BRICS Environment Working Group. The documents reflect leading practices, knowledge systems
and innovations amongst the BRICS Member Countries.
These Compendiums are the outcome of constructive and meaningful deliberations undertaken in the
BRICS Environment Working Group, culminating in the development of four collaborative knowledge
products. Together, they embody the spirit of cooperation and reflect the national experiences, leading
practices, innovative solutions, and local knowledge systems of BRICS Member Countries.
1. Compendium on National Experiences, Leading Practices & Success Stories on
Promoting Sustainable Lifestyles compiled under India’s BRICS 2026 Chairship by the
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), serves as a collective
knowledge repository bringing together exemplary case studies from across BRICS Member
Countries, including Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and the
UAE. The Compendium documents how BRICS Member Countries are translating the
concept of sustainable lifestyles into practical action through policy innovation, behavioural
change initiatives, environmental education, community participation, sustainable
consumption and production, circular economy approaches, ecosystem restoration, clean
energy transitions and green development programmes. India’s contributions include MissionLiFE, the Environment Education Programme, the SAMBHAV Campaign, reflecting its
whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to citizen-led sustainable lifestyles.
Together, they show how individual choices, market supply shifts, and policy frameworks
converge to drive systemic transformation. Ultimately, by emphasizing citizen ownership,
context-driven solutions, and digital integration, the compendium provides an actionable
blueprint for peer learning, joint research, and multilateral cooperation to advance
environment friendly lifestyles.
2. Compendium on Best Practices and Innovative Approaches for Integrated Fire
Management: Globally, changing climate conditions, prolonged droughts and rising
temperatures are increasing the frequency and intensity of wildfires, putting ecosystems,
biodiversity, livelihoods and communities at risk. Recognising this shared challenge, India,
under its BRICS Chairship 2026, brought Integrated Wildfire Management to the forefront of
international cooperation. The journey brought together countries to share experiences,
innovative solutions and practical approaches from community-led prevention and indigenous
knowledge to early warning systems, technology, preparedness and coordinated response for
Integrated Wildfire Management.
One of the outcomes is the Compendium on “Best Practices and Innovative Approaches for
Integrated Wildfire Management.” More than a collection of country experiences, the
Compendium reflects a shared vision: from prevention to preparedness, from early warning to
early action, and from response to recovery- we must manage fire together. By connecting
knowledge, technology, institutions and communities, BRICS countries can strengthen
collective resilience, protect forests and biodiversity, safeguard livelihoods, and build a more
fire-resilient future.
3. Compendium on Integrated Landscape-Based Greening Approaches brings together
experiences, good practices and policy approaches from BRICS Member Countries in
addressing interconnected challenges of land degradation, desertification, biodiversity loss
and climate change. It reflects the collective contributions of Member Countries and
highlights landscape-based interventions that integrate ecosystem restoration with
biodiversity conservation.
The Compendium also identifies areas where BRICS cooperation can be strengthened,
including knowledge and experience sharing, capacity building and technical cooperation,
collaborative research, and the development of common approaches for monitoring and
assessment. It represents a step towards strengthening cooperation while highlighting
practical examples that can inform efforts to restore ecosystems, strengthen climate resilience,
improve livelihoods and contribute to global restoration and sustainable development
objectives.
4. Compendium on Extended Producer Responsibility Frameworks and Leading Circular
Economy Practices brings together experiences, policy approaches, regulatory instruments,
and institutional models from BRICS Member Countries in addressing the transition towards
a circular and resource-efficient economy. It highlights key initiatives ranging from
community-led waste management and digital waste-exchange platforms to national circular
economy roadmaps, digital traceability systems, recycling certifications, and comprehensive
waste-sector reforms.
The Compendium showcases India’s transition towards a market-based Extended Producer
Responsibility (EPR) architecture, supported by centralized digital platforms and framework
expansions covering diverse waste streams. It also identifies key areas where BRICScooperation can be strengthened, including knowledge and experience sharing, digital
traceability solutions, technical capacity building, and the development of circular business
models to advance resource-efficient, resilient, and sustainable economies.
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