G8 Gleneagles 2005: Climate change, clean energy and sustainable development

The doubling of aid to Africa is a 'mighty achievement' by the G8, Tony Blair announced to MPs at Gleneagles in 2005. World leaders had agreed a week before to increase aid to the continent by $25 billion a year by 2010. They also agreed measures to save 600,000 children's lives a year by 2015 by combating malaria. The African Union's ability to deploy its forces to prevent and resolve conflicts will be enhanced by training 75,000 troops by 2010. The Prime Minister said it was the most detailed and ambitious package for Africa ever agreed by the G8. But significant improvements in standards of governance, transparency and accountability were necessary. The document gives text of the G8 Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development agreement and the Gleneagles plan of action.