Explanation: The 29th ministerial meeting of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) countries on Climate Change was organised at Beijing, China recently.

• The meeting has called for “comprehensive” implementation of the Paris climate deal amid threats by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from it.
• The meeting worked out priorities and issues as a group to be highlighted at the UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Chile in December 2019.

Source: FORUMIAS