Climate change deal close - Blair

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the World Economic Forum that a major breakthrough on long-term climate change goals could be close. He told the forum in Davos, Switzerland it was possible because of a "quantum shift" in the attitude of the US. He said the German G8 presidency offered an opportunity for a new international agreement for when the Kyoto Protocol expired in 2012. "I believe we are potentially on the verge of a breakthrough," he said. full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6305587.stm