Katowice: Africa Group of Nations boycott talks at negotiator levels

US and other rich nations go back on the agreements they had made last week

Climate negotiations at Katowice hit a rough patch with the Africa Group of Nations, representing all African countries boycotted talks at the negotiator level. They did so after the US and other developed countries went back on even the proposals they had agreed to over the first week at Katowice over rules for climate finance and global stocktake under the Paris Agreement.

Even as the Polish hosts arranged pairs of ministers to take over talks, the negotiators from 197 countries were tasked to reduce the differences between them till Tuesday evening. 

But, on Monday evening, the African Group of Negotiators