November 11, 2021

GLASGOW, Scotland — The United States, the European Union and the U.K. drew a sharp rebuke on Thursday from developing countries who accused them of trying to shift the burden for fighting greenhouse gases under a plan calling for nations to more frequently report whether they were on track to meet their Paris climate agreement goals.

The group of developing countries, which includes China and India, slammed the effort by U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and European negotiators for countries to conduct the reviews of their climate initiatives more often, saying that the rich world had pumped most of the carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that was causing the changes in the climate.

“We need to fight the war against this carbon colonialism, which is very risky for our countries and is completely ignoring that there are historical responsibilities,” said Bolivian chief negotiator Diego Pacheco Balanza, who chairs the 22-member "like-minded" countries group that includes India, China, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia.

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