World ministers in final push for deal at UN climate talks in Paris

Ministers from countries around the world will arrive in Paris today for the final week of UN climate talks which have so far produced a draft text and a greater sense of optimism than previous meetings.

Negotiators from 195 countries produced a draft of the climate deal, which aims to curb temperature rises and avoid climate change, over the weekend, although much needs to be agreed by ministers in the high-level talks that begin on Monday.

However, the feeling is that the talks are in a much better place than during the last, failed, attempt to secure a global climate deal, at a UN summit in Copenhagen six years ago.