Global: Brics discusses negotiating position for Doha

With the Bangkok round of UN sponsored climate negotiations just through, the BASIC quartet - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - came together in Brasilia to discuss their common negotiating position for the year end talks in Doha, Qatar. While there are differences within the quartet over the legal nature of the new climate regime talks on which will be held in Doha, and the controversial European Union Emission Trading Scheme, there is enough common ground between these countries. The one issue of clear agreement was the quartet's commitment to the extension of the Kyoto Protocol, the iconic 1997 treaty, which legally required developed countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions.