Tony Blair joined an online debate on climate change today, telling visitors to the Friends of the Earth website he was "fully aware of just how serious a challenge it is to our planet and way of life".
In his post on the new climate debate blog, the prime minister explains why he rejected calls for annual emissions targets and says he hopes the climate change bill will show other countries the way forward. Blair says he is "mystified" by claims he has undermined the Kyoto agreement, and that pointing out the deal's limitations is not "going soft on climate change".
The first - and so far only - response is from Friends of the Earth's director, Tony Juniper. He is not persuaded by Blair's arguments against annual targets, and disagrees with his pro-nuclear power stance. However, he describes the PM as "a world leader" in the fight to get an international agreement on emissions.
Friends of the Earth is calling for readers of the blog to post their comments and questions, and next week, on November 29, the two Tonys will give their responses. Blair opens his comment with the line: "I suspect I share many more views on climate change with FoE supporters than you might imagine." Will this prove to be the case?
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