Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual dinner on 16 May, UK prime minister Tony Blair warned the great and the good of the business world: "There are key long-term decisions facing Britain and they need to be taken now." After confirming that the results of the energy review will be published before the parliamentary summer break at the end of July, Blair said that he seen the "first cut" of the review: "The facts are stark. By 2025, if current policy is unchanged, there will be a dramatic gap on our targets to reduce CO_2 emissions; we will become heavily dependent on gas; and at the same time move from being 80-90% self-reliant in gas to 80-90% dependent on foreign imports, mostly from the Middle East and Africa and Russia.
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