PM confident on climate change deal

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The Prime Minister, standing alongside the US president in the coastal resort of Heiligendamm, told reporters: "I think there's a very substantial coming together around the need to make sure we have a substantial reduction in emissions and find the right process and the right way we can achieve that.

"There's a real desire to come together."

Mr Bush admitted the two leaders' final face-to-face talks before the Prime Minister leaves Downing Street on June 27 had been a "nostalgic" moment.

Mr Blair went on: "Everyone wants to be part of a post-Kyoto deal, everyone wants to make sure this is a deal which has got to be including all the major emitters and deliver what people want to see both for reasons of the environment and for energy security.

"We have also got to recommit ourselves to the Gleneagles process on Africa and make the major steps forward on issues like HIV/Aids and education and also the situation in Darfur, where we are anxious strong action is taken."

The Prime Minister went on: "There's still a lot of talking going on but I do feel myself that people are coming together and I think that's important."

He was speaking on the first day of the two-day meeting of G8 leaders, which also includes the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan.

Mr Bush also expressed enthusiasm for climate change targets saying: "I have recommitted myself today that the United States will be actively involved in, or taking the lead in, a post-Kyoto agreement.

"I view our role as a bridge between people in Europe and other people, India and China. If you want them at the table you have to give them an opportunity to set an international goal. I'm deadly earnest about getting something done."