Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said that tackling global warming during the economic downturn was important if the world was to avoid the future costs of climate change.

In an interview with CNN, Mr Blair said that in the long-term,

Global warming has definitely become a major concern for both individuals and governments around the world. Climate change threatens our sense of society and possibly most of human civilization. There are many speculations about the condition of our world as our environment changes for the worse. Some of the conditions seem so far fetch that they fit in the Book of Revelations. Others seem like they are to nothing more than a thorn in the side. Either way, we will need to adapt if our climate keeps changing like it is.