"I have only one message - speed up," he said, calling both for more national plans on reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as on providing financing to help the hard-hit poorest countries.
According to Hollande, 81 out of 190 countries have submitted their plans on curbing carbon emissions blamed for climate change, accounting for 75 percent of the world`s total output.
"The entire world is convinced that there will be an agreement in Paris, but the question is, what kind of agreement," he said.
The UN-led conference aims to limit temperature rises to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, a threshold that scientists say will reduce the risks of the worst effects of climate change such as rising disasters.
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