The BRICS Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development (Beijing, 26-27 April 2022) was hosted by the CAS, the Academy of Science of South Africa, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Indian National Science Academy. 

A Chinese institution has published a series of data products to support scientific research on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of BRICS countries. The products include data from the BRICS countries collected by the satellite SDGSAT-1, and the spatial distribution of the global impervious surface from 2000 to 2020 at a resolution of 30 meters.

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