""Content""; ""Nordic Council of Ministers� Preface""; ""Authors� Note""; ""Summary""; ""1. BASIC takes the stage""; ""2. The origins of BASIC: Developing country roots and the image of emerging powers""; ""2.1 Out of the shadows""; ""2.2 Normative roots in the G77""; ""2.3 The growth of BASIC""; ""3. The BASIC countries""; ""3.1 Brazil""; ""3.2 South Africa""; ""3.3 India""; ""3.4 China""; ""4. BASIC�s emergence and wider geopolitical change""; ""4.1 Reasons for emerging economies to cooperate""; ""4.2 Different constellations of emerging economies""; ""4.3 BASIC in the big picture""
""5. BASIC and a climate agreement: Disunity or shared vision?""""5.1 Cooperation and contention""; ""5.2 Does BASIC have a shared vision?""; ""5.3 On carbon budgets and equity""; ""Dividing the carbon budget""; ""5.4 What does this imply for BASIC�s future?""; ""6. Trends and developments: Where is BASIC heading?""; ""Sammanfattning""; ""Appendix A: Methods and conceptual framework""; ""References""
