"The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge."
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Tony Blair, address to the 2005 G8 climate change summit in London, as reported by David Adam, "Blair signals shift over climate change", The Guardian (1 November 2005)
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