Agence France-Presse: France sought Monday to breathe life into talks for a UN climate pact, urging countries to forge a "pre-agreement" weeks before they meet to seal the deal in December.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned against temptations to leave a breakthrough for the very end, a problem that has bedevilled climate negotiations for over two decades.
"The goal is for us to reach a pre-agreement as early as October," said Fabius, who will steer the vital November 30-December 11 parlay in Paris....