The joint Statement issued at conclusion of the meeting of ministers of BASIC Group at Cape Town. Ministers felt that a legally binding outcome on long-term cooperative action under the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol should be concluded at Cancun, Mexico in 2010, or at the latest in South Africa by 2011.
The third meeting of BASIC Ministers on climate change took place in Cape Town from 25 to 26 April 2010. This document contains the Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of this meeting of BASIC Ministers.