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[[File:G4 countries.png|thumb|BASIC countries (red) and other [[G20 developing nations]] (green)]]

The '''BASIC countries''' (also '''Basic countries''' or '''BASIC''') are a '''bloc''' of four large [[newly industrialized countries]] – [[Brazil]], [[South Africa]], [[India]] and [[China]] – formed by an agreement on 28 November 2009. The four committed to act jointly at the [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference|Copenhagen climate summit]], including a possible united walk-out if their common minimum position was not met by the [[developed nations]].<ref>{{cite news
| last = Dasgupta
| first = Saibal
| title = Copenhagen conference: India, China plan joint exit
| location = New Delhi
| date = 28 November 2009
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-28/india/28074806_1_rich-nations-india-and-china-copenhagen-conference
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110317185510/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-28/india/28074806_1_rich-nations-india-and-china-copenhagen-conference
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 17 March 2011
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date = 25 Jan 2010}}</ref>

This emerging geopolitical alliance, initiated and led by China, then brokered the final [[Copenhagen Accord]] with the [[United States]]. Subsequently, the grouping is working to define a common position on emission reductions and climate aid money, and to try to convince other countries to sign up to the [[Copenhagen Accord]].<ref>{{cite news
| last = Vidal
| first = John
| title = China, India, Brazil and South Africa prepare for post-Copenhagen meeting
| newspaper = The Guardian
| publisher = guardian.co.uk
| date = 13 Jan 2010
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jan/13/developing-countries-basic-climate-change
| access-date = 25 Jan 2010}}</ref> However, in January 2010, the grouping described the Accord as merely a political agreement and not legally binding, as is argued by the US and Europe.

The four countries also said that they will announce their plans to cut [[greenhouse gas emissions]] by 31 January 2010 as agreed in Copenhagen. Furthermore, the grouping discussed the possibility of providing financial and technical aid to the poorer nations of the [[Group of 77|G77]], and promised details after their [[Cape Town]] meeting in April 2010. This move was apparently intended to share richer nations into increasing their funding for climate mitigation in poorer nations.<ref>{{cite news
|last=Chauhan
|first=Chetan
|title=Copenhagen accord not legally binding: Basic countries
|newspaper=Hindustan Times
|location=New Delhi
|date=25 Jan 2010
|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Copenhagen-accord-not-legally-binding-Basic-countries/H1-Article3-501441.aspx
|access-date=1 Feb 2010
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206141441/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Copenhagen-accord-not-legally-binding-Basic-countries/H1-Article3-501441.aspx
|archive-date=2010-02-06
}}</ref>

At the April 2010 meeting in Cape Town, environment ministers from the four countries called for a legally binding global agreement on long-term cooperative action under the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|UN Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) and its [[Kyoto Protocol]], to be concluded at [[2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference|the next UN Climate Change Conference]] in Cancun, Mexico in November 2010, or at the latest in [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change#2011 – COP 17/MOP 7, South Africa|South Africa]] by 2011, saying that slow legislative progress in the United States should not be allowed to dictate the pace of global agreement. The group's post-meeting statement also demanded that developed countries allow developing countries "equitable space for development" as well as providing them with finance, technology and capacity-building support, based on their "historical responsibility for climate change".<ref>{{cite news
| title = BASIC group wants global deal on climate change by 2011
| newspaper = The Hindu
| date = 26 Apr 2010
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/article410314.ece
| access-date = 26 Apr 2010}}</ref>

Technical cooperation among the countries appears to be following, as in May 2010 South Africa, Brazil and India announced a joint program to develop satellites.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/node/16248589 The price of freedom], The Economist, 3 Jun 2010</ref>

==See also==
*[[BRICS]]
*[[Potential superpower]]
*[[Emerging markets]]
*[[ABC nations]]
*[[Politics of global warming]]
*[[South-South cooperation]]
*[[Emerging and growth-leading economies]]
*[[List of country groupings]]
*[[List of multilateral free-trade agreements]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{International power}}
{{South-South}}

{{global warming}}

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[[Category:Foreign relations of China]]
[[Category:Foreign relations of Brazil]]
[[Category:Foreign relations of South Africa]]
[[Category:2000s economic history]]
[[Category:Economic country classifications]]
[[Category:World Trade Organization]]
[[Category:Brazil–India relations]]
[[Category:China–India relations]]

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