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Video: Tony Blair talks to CNN about his 'Technology for a Low Carbon Future' report

Blair: 'Action needed'

CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney speaks to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair about climate change.

Tony Blair sat down with CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney to talk about climate change in advance of this week's Major Economies Forum in Italy.

Tony Blair, launching his 'Technology for a Low Carbon Future' report this week, said: "This report shows how major reductions even by 2020 are achievable if we focus action on certain key technologies, deploy policies that have been proven to work, and invest now for the development of those future technologies that will take time to mature.

"And these technologies bring economic and social opportunities too. Just as investing in electrification, railways and the internet led to economic growth in the past, investing in clean energy can help reignite the global economy now.

"This report shows that the challenge of combating climate change remains formidable; but it is do-able. This is not mission impossible.

"On the contrary, with the necessary decisions now, there is a credible, practical, realistic as well as radical way to act. We can set the world on a new path to a low carbon future; the Major Economies Forum is able to put in place a framework for a successful global accord in Copenhagen in December."