"Governments Certain To Seal Paris Climate Deal: U.N. Climate Chief"

"Governments are certain to sign a global climate deal in Paris in six months' time even though most countries have yet to outline how they plan to cut emissions, the United Nations' climate chief said on Tuesday.

Almost 200 governments are due to meet at a conference in Paris from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 to agree on a deal to slow global warming.

'Governments are actually very well on track...there is no doubt that this agreement will be forged in Paris,' Christiana Figueres, head of the U.N. climate change secretariat, said in an interview at a carbon market event in Barcelona.

Figureres' comments come just a week after French President Francois Hollande said he was worried about a lack of progress towards a climate deal in the French capital."
 
Susanna Twidale reports for Reuters May 27, 2015.