India, July 9 -- Prime Minister Modi addresses BRICS Summit on health, environment, and COP30, setting the agenda for the future

India has emerged as a powerful voice of the Global South. In every global forum available, India has time and again pleaded for a unified approach to saving the planet and its environment. This is both logical and doable, as the environment is a shared responsibility of all nations. If one nation pollutes its environment or is reckless in emitting greenhouse gases, it impacts the whole world. It is precisely this notion that Prime Minister Modi pushed forward in his address at the recent BRICS session on "Environment, COP-30 and Global Health."

India will chair BRICS next year, and in this context, Prime Minist...