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Breaking the Climate Deadlock: A Global Deal for a Low-Carbon Future

This report sets out 10 key building blocks for a post-2012 international climate change agreement that would create a prosperous, low carbon, climate-resilient world.

Richard J.T. Klein / Published on 10 March 2009
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Blair, T., Beinhocker, E., Howard, S., Kenber, M., Morgan, J., Oppenheim, J., Bakker, S., Barker, T., Colombier, M., Dutcher, D., Gledhill, R., Grant, J., Guerin, E., Haites, E., Hare, B., Harvey, I., Irons, B., Khosla, V., Klein, R.J.T.; et. al. (2008). Breaking the Climate Deadlock: A Global Deal for a Low-Carbon Future. Blair, T., Beinhocker, E., Howard, S., Kenber, M., Morgan, J., Oppenheim, J., Bakker, S., Barker, T., Colombier, M., Dutcher, D., Gledhill, R., Grant, J., Guerin, E., Haites, E., Hare, B., Harvey, I., Irons, B., Khosla, V., Klein, R.J.T., Lahti, M., Milford, L., Mottershead, C., Pirard, R., Ward, M., Wemaere, M. and H. Whately (2008). Breaking the Climate Deadlock: A Global Deal for a Low-Carbon Future: Report submitted to the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. London: Office of Tony Blair and the Climate Group.

On 27 June 2008 Tony Blair and The °Climate Group launched the ‘A Global Deal for Our Low Carbon Future’, the first report from the Breaking the Climate Deadlock initiative.

This authoritative study – written by leading climate change experts – is targeted at G8 + 5 leaders, policy makers, business leaders, and opinion formers from key countries. The report identifies the actions and questions that political, business, NGO and civil leaders must resolve to achieve a successful outcome to the UN climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009.

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