Arsenii Kirgizov-Barskii joined the BRICS Youth Energy Agency as a Founder and First Head of the Sustainable Development Goals Platform by BRICS Youth Energy Agency, which was launched following the First BRICS YEA Summit in 2018. Mr. Kirgizov-Barskii also served as UN SDG7 Youth Ambassador to Russia in 2017-2019. In 2019, Mr. Kirgizov-Barskii was appointed Assistant Chairperson of the BRICS Youth Energy Agency to coordinate activities of the Agency in the field of sustainable development, cooperation with United Nations’ organisations and those beyond BRICS countries.