On November 22, the G20 will gather in BRICS-state South Africa to discuss the #1 crisis facing humankind: the nations of the world are struggling to meet their UN Sustainable Development Goals, which are supposed to be achieved by 2030. That's only five years away!

To paraphrase the G20's website: that's not good—that's bad.

South Africa has used its G20 Presidency to zero in on this existential threat: "While the challenges we face are common, their causes and consequences are unevenly distributed…A lack of predictable and sustainable financing for development and climate action exacerbates these inequalities."

Of course, actions speak louder than words, especially when there is dire need for climate action.

BRICS, which serves as the multipolar world order's Fellowship of the Ring, just with fewer wizards and more public-private partnerships, has been working behind the scenes to lay the groundwork for equitable carbon-accounting mechanisms that will help all relevant stakeholders achieve their SDGs before the world is enveloped in life-ending carbon.

Just in the last six weeks, BRICS states have made huge strides towards accounting for, and eventually exterminating, all carbon on Earth.