Breaking the Climate Deadlock
Breaking the Climate Deadlock was a joint initiative of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and The Climate Group. Launched in March 2008, its objective was to help build support for an ambitious new global climate deal in Copenhagen in December 2009 and its subsequent implementation.
Combining the high-level advocacy of Mr Blair, with a suite of expert reports, briefing papers and public engagement activities, the initiative highlighted how a fair and effective global deal can be built and the benefits that it would provide.
For more information and to download reports and papers click on the tabs below.
News and speeches
Highlights
Jan 1, 2010 Read the December edition of our quarterly newsletter
Dec 13, 2009 Just published: Breaking the Climate Deadlock: Doing the Deal: Key Elements for a Copenhagen Climate Agreement
Sept 21, 2009 Read Cutting the Cost: The Economic Benefits of Collaborative Action on Climate Change
Jul 30, 2009 Read the July edition of our quarterly newsletter
Jul 6, 2009 Our new report shows how world leaders can tackle climate change with technology
Apr 17, 2009 Read the April edition of our quarterly newsletter
Mar 24, 2009 Mr Blair meets with Chinese premier on climate change (Xinhua News)
Mar 5, 2009 Greater China Director Changhua Wu blogs for UNFCCC Climate Thinkers
Jan 21, 2009 Mr Blair addresses MASDAR 2009 Future World Energy Summit 2009
Audio
March 2008 The Climate Group's CEO Steve Howard talks about the initiative.
Briefing Papers
As part of this initiative, we commissioned papers from world-leading experts in their fields. These papers provide in-depth but accessible analysis on many of the key issues, technologies and policies that can inform the international negotiation process.
Technology
- Scalable Electric Power from Solar Energy
by Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
- Sustainable Biofuels
by Richard Heap, Royal Society
- Carbon Capture and Storage
by Stefan Bakker, Heleen de Connick & Heleen Groenenberg, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
- Nuclear Power
by Stefan Bakker, ECN
Policies, markets and institutions
- Sectoral Agreements
by Michel Colombier and Emmanuel Guerin, Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI)
- Architecture of a Global Climate Change Agreement
by Murray Ward, Global Climate Change Consultancy (GCCC)
- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Non-Annex I Countries
by Romain Pirard, IDDRI
- Review of Carbon Markets
by Richard Gledhill, Jonathan Grant & Lit Ping Low, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP UK
- Carbon Markets Leaders' Guide
by Murray Ward, Global Climate Change Consultancy (GCCC)
- The Energy-Efficiency Opportunity
by Dana Farrell & Jaana Remes, McKinsey Global Institute
- Intellectual Property Rights: The Catalyst to Deliver Low Carbon Technologies
by Ian Harvey
- Investment and Financial Flows Needed to Address Climate Change
by Erik Haites, Margaree Consultants
Science, economics and adaptation
- Science of Climate Change
by Bill Hare, Potsdam Institute
- The Macroeconomic Effects of the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
by Terry Barker, University of Cambridge
- Adaptation: Needs, Financing & Institutions
by Richard Klein, Stockholm Environment Institute
Read our reports
We've published three major reports as part of this initiative.
And on Sunday December 13, 2009, Tony Blair launched the latest publication of Breaking the Climate Deadlock: Doing the Deal: Key Elements for a Copenhagen Climate Agreement.
Cutting the Cost: The Economic Benefits of Collaborative Climate Action
Using economic models, Cutting the Cost shows that a concerted global effort on climate change yields greater benefits for all major economies, than if nations were to go it alone.
The report was launch during Climate Week NYC and the UN climate summit in September 2009.
Its findings show:
- Increasing international collaboration dramatically cuts the price of carbon
- Collaborative action positively impacts both employment levels, and GDP, even under ambitious emission reduction regimes
- Important 'first mover advantages' for earlier adopter countries.
Read the full report or the executive summary.
Technology for a Low Carbon Future
Technology for a Low Carbon Future was launched in June 2009 to coincide with the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
The report shows that we can achieve 70% of emission reductions needed by 2020 by using technologies that already exist and by addressing deforestation.
The report identifies:
- The carbon-saving potential of existing and emerging technologies
- Investment needs and risk management
- Sectors critical for action
- Essential deliverables for a global deal in December 2009
Read the full report or the executive summary.
A Global Deal for Our Low Carbon Future
Submitted to the 2008 G8 Summit in Toyako, Japan, A Global Deal for Our Low Carbon Future targets policy makers, business leaders and opinion formers in the major industrialized and rapidly developing economies.
The report identifies the ten core building blocks of a global deal.
In three parts, it covers:
- Why global action on climate change is both critical and sensible
- The ten core building blocks for a global deal
- Actions the G8 could take to show real climate leadership
Read the full report in English, Chinese or Japanese. Executive summary also available.
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