As climate and health crises become increasingly linked, BRICS+ countries, home to over 40% of the world’s population, are uniquely positioned to drive coordinated global responses. A new brief emphasizes the bloc’s potential in shaping policy through the ‘One Health’ approach, which connects environmental, animal, and human health to combat climate-linked threats and future pandemics.

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• BRICS+ holds 40% of world population, vast forests
• Can shape global response to climate-linked health issues
• New brief urges adoption of ‘One Health’ framework
• Focus on synergy between health, climate action policies
• Strategy aims to prevent pandemics, protect ecosystems
• BRICS+ expansion adds more emerging economies
• Unique position to influence global governance
• Call for harmonised policies across health, climate sectors
• Forests, biodiversity give BRICS+ strategic environmental value
• Experts from ORF New Delhi authored the policy paper