On Sunday, the developing countries China, Brazil, India and South Africa expressed disappointment over the failure of wealthy countries to spend billions of dollars that are needed to help them join a climate change deal.

The countries emphasized that ambitious Paris Agreement on climate change should come up with differentiated responsibilities of developed and developing countries. The deal will be adopted later this year.

Ministers from the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) bloc said that rich countries should come forward by taking on determined emission reduction targets. The ministers said so in the meeting for the 20th Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change.

India's Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Ravi Prasad represented the country. Ministers from other countries included South African Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa and Brazil's Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira and Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs of China Xie Zhenhua.

A joint statement was issued by the ministerial, in which ministers emphasized the requirement of dealing with all six elements identified in the Durban mandate in a proper way. These six elements include adaptation, mitigation, finance, technology development and transfer, capacity-building, transparency of action and support.

The statement said, "With regards to mitigation, Ministers underscored the need for the provisions of the agreement to fully reflect differentiated responsibilities and distinct development stages of developed and developing countries, with developed countries taking the lead by undertaking ambitious, economy- wide, absolute emission reduction targets". It also said that financial and technological support should be provided to developing countries.