Katowice climate talks: Progress only on areas US, developed nations favour

Progress only in areas that US and developed countries favour

Negotiators at the climate conference made some progress behind closed doors on parts of the Paris Agreement rule-book, which developed countries preferred not to block. 

But, work on other provisions of the global climate change pact remained in stalemate on the third day of the Katowice climate talks. Most progress on the rules was registered for the transparency regime — regulations which will govern how countries perform under the Paris Agreement starting 2021 is scrutinised.

Areas of interest to developing countries — climate finance, the nature of targets or Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement, and adaptation — remain