UN official: The world is ready for a Paris climate deal

Jessica Shankleman
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Richard Kinley, deputy director of the UNFCCC, explains why he is holding out hope for a climate deal in Paris in 2015

For someone who has spent more than two decades swimming in the at times murky waters of international climate change negotiations, Richard Kinley is surprisingly upbeat. Since 1993, the now deputy...

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