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The GuardianI can persuade George Bush on climate change - Blair· Exclusive interview with PM on eve of G8 summit
· Claim that US will agree to greenhouse gas target
Patrick Wintour and Larry Elliott
Wednesday June 6, 2007
The GuardianTony Blair insisted yesterday that he could persuade President Bush to
agree for the first time to a global target for a "substantial cut" in
greenhouse gases within a framework sanctioned by the United Nations.
In an interview with the Guardian on the eve of the G8 summit, the prime
minister said both elusive goals were now achievable and that America was
"on the move" in its position on climate change.
Although Mr Blair said it would take tough negotiations over the next three
days and it was still unclear exactly what the president would agree to, he
was sure Mr Bush's speech last week, in which he talked about establishing
a US-led initiative to tackle global warming, was not a ploy to undermine
the UN or the G8.
-snip-Contemplating leaving the summit without a deal, or at least the framework
for one, he acknowledged: "Failure is if there is not an agreement that
leads to a global deal with substantial reduction in emissions at the heart
of it."
-snip-Read more:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/story/0,,2096435,00.html
Poor, poor Tony Blair. When has Bush ever listened to him?