The world has seven years to take vital decisions and implement
measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions or it could be too late,
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday.
Blair said the
battle against global warming would only be won if the United States,
India and China were part of a framework that included targets and that
succeeded the 1992 Kyoto Protocol climate pact.
"If we don’t get
the right agreement internationally for the period after which the
Kyoto protocol will expire — that’s in 2012 — if we don’t do that
then I think we are in serious trouble," he told a parliamentary
committee.
Asked if the world had seven years to implement
measures on climate change before the problem reached "tipping point",
Blair answered: "Yes".
By Katherine Baldwin
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