Greenpeace activists fly the banner 'Climate change needs BASIC leaders' onboard the vessel Howard Davis at sea in the Atlantic ocean, Table Bay with Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town behind. The BASIC countries are a bloc of four large developing countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China. Ministers from these countries are meeting to discuss climate strategy in the run up to the Cancun conference at the end of the year. Greenpeace is highlighting the urgent need for the BASIC group of countries, four of the most influential emerging economies in the world, to take leadership on the issue of climate change.