This group is aimed at consolidating young Chinese who believe that there is a space for energy cooperation between BRICS countries and who is eager to participate in building the future.

BRICS YEA is established to facilitate young researchers and scientists from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in development of joint research and cooperate on international energy projects in interest of the BRICS countries. In 2018 the BRICS Youth Energy Agency introduced its first BRICS Youth Energy Outlook-2018 developed by young experts of the Agency and demonstrating main tendencies of the energy industries of the community countries. This year the Agency is eager to develop the Outlook-2019 in collaboration with numerous research teams based on BRICS universities.

The BRICS YEA SDG Platform is a forum for the youth scientific cooperation in the fields of sustainable development, energy efficiency and renewable enegry between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The SDG Platform was launched on October 4, 2018, during the I YEA BRICS Summit in Moscow, MGIMO University, in the presence of the BRICS YEA Expert Council members Natalia Ryazanova, Docent, PhD, Head of Laboratory, Department of International Complex Problems of Nature Management and Ecology, MGIMO; Leonid Grigoryev, Chief Adviser to the Head of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation, WWF Board of Trustees member; Maria Cândida Arrais de Miranda Mousinho, Professor, Federal Institute of Bahia (IFBA), Brazil, with the participation of the representatives of the high-level delegations from BRICS countries gathered at the Round table «Sustainable development Goals and BRICS energy" within the framework of the Summit.