JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Africa will host the 19th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in Sun City, northwest of Johannesburg on Oct. 8-10, it was announced on Tuesday.
The BASIC Group of countries is made up of South Africa, India, China and Brazil.
The meeting is designed to deal with climate change issues in their respective countries, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs said.
The meeting will provide relevant ministers an opportunity to discuss important issues relating to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations and matters pertaining to the Ad hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) discussion on the new 2015 agreement, department spokesperson Sithokozile Banele Mabena said.
The ADP in particular is a forum for negotiation of a protocol, legal instrument, or agreed outcome with legal force under the UNFCCC, applicable to all parties as agreed at the 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in Durban in 2011.
The discussions will also look at the key issues that have emerged from the negotiations and informal consultations thus far, Mabena said.
The BASIC ministers have been meeting regularly since the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties (COP) in 2009 to exchange views and evolve a coordinated approach on important negotiating issues.
