The Long Game of Tony Blair: From Climate Optimism to Technocratic Control

by David Fleming | Off-Guardian

In the final weeks of his time as UK Prime Minister in 2007, Tony Blair made an oddly casual but revealing remark about the climate crisis.

“Don’t worry about the climate — technology will fix it.”

At the time, it seemed like a vague gesture. A reassuring message from a departing leader trying to bridge realism and optimism.

Eighteen years later, we now know what he meant.

On April 29, 2025, the Tony Blair Institute published a new climate strategy paper titled The Climate Paradox: Why We Need to Reset Action on Climate Change.

At first glance, it appears to be a critique of current Net Zero policies — admitting they’re economically toxic, politically unpopular, and practically unworkable.

But on closer reading, it reveals something much more significant:

a polished blueprint for a global technocratic control system, built in the name of solving climate change through data, automation, and artificial intelligence. Read Full Article >