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Document this: Climate change talks in Katowice split over question

The answer could decide if the Paris Agreement can be selectively rewritten in future yet again.

The procedural opening of the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 in Katowice, Poland. Photo: @GlobalGoalsUN
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The procedural opening of the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 in Katowice, Poland. Photo: @GlobalGoalsUN

Nitin Sethi Katowice
Should the Paris Agreement rulebook be one omnibus document or should it be accepted by the countries gathered at Katowice as dozens of different documents, each reflecting one element of the rulebook?

The question may sound ordinary, but the answer will decide if developed countries are able to further dilute their obligations under the Paris Agreement.

The question over the nature of document has got the chairs of the negotiations, the host Polish presidency, and country groups engaged in a heated discussion behind closed doors. 

Developed countries have asked that the rules be adopted by the Katowice talks as dozens