Katowice climate talks: US, EU refuse disclosure on climate finance

The developed countries instead demanded that developing countries provide information on how they would also contribute to climate finance

The United States, European Union, and other developed countries demanded that the climate finance rules to the Paris Agreement not ask them to divulge how much money they would provide in future for loss and damage caused to poor countries by climate change. 

They instead demanded that developing countries provide information on how they would also contribute to climate finance - something the Paris Agreement does not have provisions for. 

Developed countries also refused to set a baseline year to which their future financial contributions under the Paris Agreement could be compared to see if they are contributing more to