# Balen Shah

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## Timeline

- **2026-09**: 81st UN General Assembly — Global South leaders including S. Jaishankar and Balen Shah highlight the compounding energy, food, fuel, fertilizer, finance, and logistics crisis.
- **2026-09**: Saudi East-West pipeline attack — Drone attacks disrupt crude flows to Yanbu; Saudi Arabia shifts to ship-to-ship transfers off Oman to keep supplying Asian buyers.
- **2026-08**: BRICS summit in New Delhi — Leaders issue a declaration calling for stable energy markets, undisrupted flows of energy from diverse sources, and stronger protection of critical infrastructure.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### BRICS energy push: 7 South Asian nations hit by climate and war
2026-10-03 00:12:15 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

The 81st UN General Assembly laid bare how climate-vulnerable nations are absorbing energy, food, and fertilizer shocks from conflicts they did not start. Nepal's PM named seven South Asian economies hit by 'the climate we did not warm.' BRICS's New Delhi declaration promises energy resilience, but a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline shows how fragile supply routes remain.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/brics-energy-resilience-global-south-climate-squeeze

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