Amsterdam, International — Environment Ministers from the ‘BASIC’ group of the world’s main emerging economies – Brazil, China, India and South Africa – meet in New Delhi, India, on Sunday 24 January to discuss their joint strategy for the UN climate negotiations. Their session will be the first multilateral meeting following the failure of last month’s climate summit in Copenhagen.
The quartet proved to be one of the most influential groups during the summit. Greenpeace believes the challenge they face is to demonstrate they can achieve substantial international progress in combating climate change. With 41% of the world’s population, 11% of global gross domestic product (GDP) and accounting for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the four nations have a major responsibility to lead the world in finding solutions to the climate crisis. [...]
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