Tony Blair has taken on a number of roles since leaving No 10,
including the position of envoy for the Middle East Quartet
Posted on 03/14/2008 8:16:08 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Tony Blair added to his burgeoning list of international roles last night by announcing that he will join a group of experts on climate change in an attempt to reduce global carbon emissions.
Tony Blair has taken on a number of roles since leaving No 10,
including the position of envoy for the Middle East Quartet
The former prime minister said he had the support, crucially, of China and the US in drawing up an action plan to cut emissions by 50 per cent by 2050.
"This is extremely urgent," he told The Guardian. "A 50 per cent cut by 2050 has to be a central component of this.
"We have to try this year to get that agreed, because the moment you do agree that, then you have something to focus on.
"The fact of the matter is that if we do not take substantial action over the next two years, then by 2020 we will thinking seriously about adaptation rather than prevention."
The initiative - which will also involve Sir Nicholas Stern, who conducted a review for the Government of the expected economic costs of climate change - will be launched in Japan this weekend.
Mr Blair, who will not be taking a salary, said his role in the effort would be trying to "guide it politically".
He will be joined by experts from China, Japan, the US and Europe.
Since leaving No 10 last June, Mr Blair has taken up roles ranging from highly paid jobs for banks to unpaid roles as a Middle East envoy.
While he will earn nothing for some jobs, such as helping Rwanda attract international investment, he is expected to earn £2 million in others.
Earlier this year Mr Blair took up a part-time post with JP Morgan, the American investment bank, and was later appointed to advise Zurich, the Swiss insurer on "developments and trends" in international politics, including climate change.
It has been suggested that the former prime minister is keen to maximise his earnings before taking on the presidency of the European Commission - for which he has been urged to stand by allies including President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.
If he landed that job, he would have to give up his lucrative consultancies.
Follow the money...
Does Arafat have any particular significance with Globul warming, other than both he and Tony were and are, full of hot air?
Might be a short-lived job. The truth is finally starting to emerge about this global warming nonsense. There are several articles on Drudge right now, one by the founder of the Weather Channel suggesting Al Gore be sued for fraud, another from the Washington Times exposing the famous hockey stick graph, another about coldest temps on record this year....
It seems more clear that we must devise a way to force the Sun to come into a Nuclear Fission state where it will go away! ........oh wait
Make a buck were you can make it. ;-)
Algorian greatest scam on earth, makes Nigerian scams look like chicken feeeeed.
We are powered by Sun and on mercy of its activity and sunspots. SUV and human “contribution” to temperature fluctuations is as significant as Algore peeeeesing in the ocean and causing globul flooood.
Continue playing “The Little Ice Age” available now at http://www.historychannel.com
Tony Blair has taken on a number of roles since leaving No 10, including the position of envoy for the Middle East Quartet - picture caption.
Next thing you know he’ll be standing by the side of the road with a big sign: “Will Govern for Food!
GSN was running an episode of Trivia Trap from ‘84 or ‘85, and the question was, “A panel of scientists says that this resource will become scarce within 15 years.” The answer they were looking for was “fresh water.” After the contestant got it “right,” Bob Eubanks listed the areas that would run out of water within 15 years, and one of them was the southern United States.
In the ‘70s, we were facing an ice age. In the ‘80s, we were in danger of running out of water (and, I remember an article that said by the late ‘90s, we’d live in bubble cities because of the hole in the ozone layer). Now, it’s global warming. How long must we listen to these fools?
The EUrotopians have threatened trade sanctions on non-Kyoto nations for unfair carbon advantages.
Canada has threatened oil sand producers for using "excess" carbon in the oil extraction process.
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McCain’s new spiritual advisor.
I NEVER trusted this guy.
He is also Crown Steward and Baliff of the Chiltern Hundreds.
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