French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Segolene Royal poses during a photo opportunity with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York, January 11, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
PARIS (Reuters) - French Environment Minister Segolene Royal said on Wednesday she would take over the presidency of U.N. climate talks, seeking to implement a global deal reached last year to shift away from fossil fuels, after former foreign minister Laurent Fabius quit.
Royal said she had accepted a request from French President Francois Hollande to serve out the U.N. presidency, lasting until the next annual meeting of 195 nations on global warming in Marrakech in Morocco in November.
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