Fabius also says the accord would aim to keep the rise in global temperatures "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) from pre-industrial times to the end of this century and "endeavor to limit" them even farther, to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
That was a key demand of small island nations and other poor and vulnerable countries.
Fabius' comments came Saturday as delegates neared the end of two weeks of talks aimed at producing the first international pact asking all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions.
Update:
A French official says a new draft climate accord to be presented to negotiators at U.N. talks on Saturday is about "20 pages."
That would be about seven pages shorter than a previous draft, suggesting competing options have been deleted.
The official spoke condition of anonymity because the draft had not been released yet.
Anticipation was building in the conference center outside Paris after two weeks of talks, culminating a four-year effort to produce the first international pact asking all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions.
- AP
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