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BASIC ministers to meet in Delhi over climate accord

By IANS,

New Delhi : Environment ministers of India, China, Brazil and South Africa will meet here sometime between Jan 20 and 25 to discuss their climate strategy in the wake of last month’s Copenhagen summit.

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Friday the ministers would discuss how to respond to the Copenhagen Accord that the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) countries had negotiated with the US during the summit.

All countries have to indicate by Jan 31 if they are signing the accord and what action rich as well as large developing countries will take to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases that are leading to global warming.