Understanding the BRICS framing of climate change: The role of collective identity formation

This article explores how the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) frame issue of climate change. Based on constructivist insights, argues that formation collective identity has fundamentally shaped framing On one hand, BRICS? connections to developing world explain why given voice arguments countries with respect other policy concepts, ideas, discourse reflect attributes associated emerging powers. power status encourages portray themselves as responsible actors global scale conceptualize a climate-sensitive economic development model in contrast Western production paradigm is regarded unsympathetic towards needs nations. In this process, perception developed relational supports sense we-ness among states, thereby shaping their formulations