BRICS 2025 Summit

6 Jul 2025 - 7 Jul 2025

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

On July 6-7, 2025, Brazil will host the BRICS Summit at the Museum of Modern Art (Museu de Arte Moderna/MAM) in Rio de Janeiro. The BRICS partnership is based on three pillars of cooperation: political and security, economic and financial and cultural, and people-to-people exchanges. The annual summit will also see countries discuss environment, energy, science and technology, health and the inclusion of more civil society actors.

As the Chair of BRICS, Brazil is focusing on the theme, ‘Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance’. Brazil’s BRICS presidency outlines six priority areas.

  1. First, Brazil aims to strengthen global health cooperation through joint projects that ensure access to medicines and vaccines, and by launching a partnership to eliminate socially determined and neglected tropical diseases.
  2. Brazil supports reforming financial markets, promoting local currencies, and advancing industrial innovation through the 2030 Strategy and the Partnership for the New Industrial Revolution.
  3. On climate change, it proposes a BRICS Climate Leadership Agenda and a Leaders’ Framework on Climate Finance to drive structural change in financial systems.
  4. In the realm of AI, Brazil advocates for inclusive and responsible international governance to harness AI for development.
  5. It also calls for reform of the multilateral peace and security system to better prevent conflicts and humanitarian crises, restore trust, and promote diplomacy.
  6. Brazil seeks to improve the cohesion and operational effectiveness of the BRICS.