Ex French FM Fabius quits as head of UN climate forum
his file photo taken on November 30, 2015 shows Laurent Fabius, then French Foreign Affairs Minister and president-designate of COP21, speaking during the opening of the UN conference on climate change (AFP Photo)


Former French foreign minister Laurent Fabius will step down as head of COP21, the UN's climate forum, after being appointed head of France's constitutional court, according to a resignation letter seen by AFP.Fabius wrote on Monday to President Francois Hollande "to tender (his) resignation" as head of COP21, a post in which he helped to steer the troubled UN climate talks to a successful conclusion last December.Fabius had expected to stay in the one-year post until November but drew flak in the French political arena for seeking to hold on to two demanding jobs at the same time.