France Seeks Climate 'Pre-Agreement' As Early As October

Bonn: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his country would seek a "pre-agreement" for a UN climate deal as early as October, ahead of the year-end conference in Paris.

"The goal is for us to reach a pre-agreement as early as October" in negotiations for greenhouse-gas curbs beyond 2020, Fabius told a fresh round of climate talks in Bonn.