Climate deal not possible if rich nations don't pay up: Katowice negotiator

Mohamed Nasr, minister plenipotentiary and chairperson of the African Group of Negotiators at the Katowice talks, tells Business Standard says the world "needs greater ambition" to tackle climate chan

“We cannot have a deal at Katowice without a climate finance package,” says Mohamed Nasr, minister plenipotentiary and chairperson of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate change at Katowice. The Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN) collectively represent all African countries at the talks. Speaking to Nitin Sethi, he says developed countries have to show progression on their climate finance obligations both, collectively and individually. 

Would the Africa Group of Nations be agreeable to a deal at Katowice that does not have a climate finance package. Say, if the deal instead postpones discussions on climate finance for future while