Rich countries eroding confidence in the Paris Agreement: India and China

Along with other members of the LMDC group, they demand detailed rules on climate finance flows

India, China and other countries in the Like-Minded Developing Country group put forth their priorities on the first day of the UN Conference on Climate Change that kicked-off on December 2 in Katowice, Poland.

They pointed out that the developed countries were refusing to engage with particular provisions of the Paris Agreement that are important for developing countries – climate finance, technology and adaptation.  

Their intervention came after parleys behind closed doors over the weekend indicating that large differences persist between developed and developing countries on the shape and contents of the rulebook to the Paris Agreement. The Katowice talks