BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil, South Africa, India and China are urging developed countries to adopt more ambitious goals to reduce global warming. The four countries form the bloc known as BASIC and representatives on Friday ended a two-day meeting to define a common position ahead of November's United Nations' climate change conference in Doha. BASIC acts jointly in international climate change meetings. They say developed nations must assume stronger emission reduction commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol that is aimed at stemming pollution and global warming. It has been opposed by the United States. Chinese climate negotiator Xie Zenhua told reporters that while "developing countries are committed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 70 percent, developed countries are committed to a 30 percent reduction." He says that's insufficient.
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Brazil’s Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, right, speaks as Brazil's Environment Minister Izabela Teixeira looks on during a news conference at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Representatives from Brazil, South Africa, China and India met regarding ongoing negotiations on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol, ahead of November's U.N. climate conference in Doha. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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South Africa's Environmental and Water Minister Edna Molewa attends a news conference at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Representatives from South Africa, Brazil, China and India met regarding ongoing negotiations on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol, ahead of November's U.N. climate conference in Doha. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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China's Vice Chairman for the National Development and Reform Commission, Xie Zhenhua, speaks during a news conference at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Representatives from China, Brazil, South Africa and India met regarding ongoing negotiations on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol, ahead of November's U.N. climate conference in Doha. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Brazil’s Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota attends a news conference at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Representatives from China, Brazil, South Africa and India met regarding ongoing negotiations on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol, ahead of November's U.N. climate conference in Doha. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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China's Vice Chairman for the National Development and Reform Commission, Xie Zhenhua, attends a news conference at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Representatives from China, Brazil, South Africa and India met regarding ongoing negotiations on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol, ahead of November's U.N. climate conference in Doha. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Brazil’s Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, second from right, speaks as he sits with Brazil's Environment Minister Izabela Teixeira, second from left, China's Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua, left, and South Africa's Environmental and Water Minister Edna Molewa, during a news conference at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Representatives from Brazil, South Africa, China and India met regarding ongoing negotiations on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol, ahead of November's U.N. climate conference in Doha. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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