BONN: The advanced developing countries quartet BASIC comprising India, China, Brazil, and South Africa have reiterated political commitment to the “full, effective, and sustained” implementation of the UN Climate Convention and its treaties, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. In a statement, the BASIC called for “pre-2020 issues to be given equal treatment” at the ongoing climate talks. The four advanced countries have called for the accelerating the implementation of the pre-2020 commitments and action. They stressed on the demand for the inclusion of the pre-2020 climate actions as part of the formal discussions at the ongoing climate talks. While the BASIC countries expressed support for Fiji, the joint statement does not refer to the 2018 facilitative dialogue as “Talanoa Dialogue”.

Source: Economic Times November 14, 2017 16:14 UTC