Breaking the Climate Deadlock

By Tony Blair
14 July 2009 @ 01:09 pm EDT

LONDON - On July 9, the leaders of the world's largest economies will meet in L'Aquila, Italy, at the Major Economies Forum (MEF) to discuss progress towards a new global climate agreement. In six months, a deal is supposed to be struck in Copenhagen, so the MEF meeting comes at a vital moment. When many of the same leaders met in April to address the economic crisis, they rightly pledged to do "whatever is necessary." The same spirit needs to animate the L'Aquila meeting.

Copyright Project Syndicate, Reprinted with permission.

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