New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The 12th BRICS Environment Ministers' Meeting concluded in the national capital on Tuesday, with the countries mutually adopting a Joint Ministerial Statement and launching four knowledge compendiums that share the best practices from the BRICS countries around four key themes: sustainability; combating desertification and ecosystem resilience; forest fire preparedness and advancing climate resilience. Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav, in his keynote address on Tuesday, said India's BRICS chairship is guided by the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in placing the concerns of the Global South at the forefront of the agenda and redefining BRICS as "Building Resilience and Innovation for Cooperation and Sus...