Open letter to Tony Blair on climate change

An open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair calling for the UK to lead on climate change by upholding the Kyoto protocol, pressuring the United States to join international action, and committing significant funding to help poor nations adapt to climate impacts to prevent increased world poverty.

• The authors express concern that UK policy is moving away from supporting legally-binding United Nations agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and argue that technological development cannot replace the need for clear targets.
• The letter calls for the UK to use its leadership roles in the European Union and G8 to defend UN agreements and pressure the United States and other nations to align with international climate action.
• The authors state that rich governments must provide a large financial commitment to help poor nations and people adapt to climate change, as failure to do so will increase global poverty and jeopardize the UN Millennium Development Goals.

APA

Toulmin, C., Boyack, S., Bradstock, A., Bruce, M., Challen, C., Ekins, P., Grayling, T., Houghton, J., Hulme, M., Jackson, T., Jones, J., Judd, L., Juniper, T., Katwala, S., Kinnock, G., Lawson, N., Lloyd, H., Lucas, C., Monbiot, G., ... Whitaker, B. (2005). Open letter to Tony Blair on climate change. Scientists for Global Responsibility. https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/open-letter-tony-blair-climate-change

Chicago

Toulmin, Camilla, Sarah Boyack, Andrew Bradstock, Malcolm Bruce, Colin Challen, Paul Ekins, Tony Grayling, et al. Open letter to Tony Blair on climate change. Scientists for Global Responsibility, 2005. https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/open-letter-tony-blair-climate-change.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{toulmin2005open, author = {Toulmin, Camilla and Boyack, Sarah and Bradstock, Andrew and Bruce, Malcolm and Challen, Colin and Ekins, Paul and Grayling, Tony and Houghton, John and Hulme, Mike and Jackson, Tim and Jones, James and Judd, Lord and Juniper, Tony and Katwala, Sunder and Kinnock, Glenys and Lawson, Neal and Lloyd, Hywel and Lucas, Caroline and Monbiot, George and Noon, Paul and Short, Clare and Simms, Andrew and Stocking, Barbara and Sulston, John and Trace, Simon and Webber, Philip and Whitaker, Baroness}, title = {{Open letter to Tony Blair on climate change}}, publisher = {Scientists for Global Responsibility}, year = {2005}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/open-letter-tony-blair-climate-change}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }