Rising Powers: The Evolving Role of BASIC Countries

This research paper examines the formation and evolving role of the BASIC group (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) in international climate change negotiations, arguing that their cooperation is driven by the realization that global resource constraints make the development pathways of industrialized countries unsustainable.

• The BASIC group, consisting of Brazil, South Africa, India, and China, has begun to coordinate its positions in international climate change negotiations due to the increasing likelihood of future resource scarcities caused by exponential growth in global populations, economic activity, and resource utilization.
• While the BASIC countries have traditionally aligned with the G77 group of developing countries, they are now strategizing as a group of emerging economies because they recognize that global resources are insufficient to support the same development pathways used by industrialized nations, necessitating the search for alternative growth pathways.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2013). Rising Powers: The Evolving Role of BASIC Countries. https://www.sei.org/publications/rising-powers-the-evolving-role-of-basic-countries/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Rising Powers: The Evolving Role of BASIC Countries. 2013. https://www.sei.org/publications/rising-powers-the-evolving-role-of-basic-countries/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2013rising, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Rising Powers: The Evolving Role of BASIC Countries}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2013}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/rising-powers-the-evolving-role-of-basic-countries/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }