Joydeep Gupta Charlotte Middlehurst Yao Zhe Wang Yamin 21.11.2016 Despite progress on several fronts at COP22 there was a deadlock over finances for developing countries, writes chinadialogue (Image by UN Photo ) The November 7-18 UN climate summit concluded in the early hours of November 19 with a tight timetable on how to implement the Paris Climate Change Agreement but without a deal on how much money rich nations will pay for the purpose and by when. Governments set a deadline of 2018 to complete the rule book to operationalize the Paris Agreement. The Marrakech summit of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) saw a slew of initiatives to move towards a greener economy and to boost water and food security in a world made more vulnerable to droughts, floods, storms, sea level rise and other impacts of climate change. Most of the initiatives were through bilateral or country-group projects between developed and developing nations, state and