Blair to join climate experts panel

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The former prime minister is trying to guide attempts to secure a deal involving, crucially, China and the US in drawing up an action plan to slash emissions by 50% by 2050.

In a broadcast on his personal website, Mr Blair said: "At the big G8 summit of last year everybody agreed that climate change is a serious problem, everybody agreed we need a new global deal once the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012."

He said: "And everybody agreed that everybody should be part of it - including America and China.

"What this means is that there is a consensus now right across the world that we need a new global deal and at the heart of it there has got to be a substantial cut in emissions."

The initiative - which will feature Sir Nicholas Stern, who conducted a review for the Government on the economic costs of climate change - will be launched in Japan this weekend.

Mr Blair will be joined by experts from China, Japan, the US and Europe.

Since leaving Number 10 last June, Mr Blair has taken up diverse roles ranging from highly-paid jobs for banks to unpaid positions as an envoy in the Middle East and in helping Rwanda attract international investment.