Poland: Sustainable Energy Plan for Warsaw in the Perspective of 2020 (SEAP) “There are no effective national policies” currently in place that have any ability to reduce Poland’s greenhouse gas emissions, says Kuba Gogolewski of Development YES–Open Pit Mines–NO (DY–OPMN), an NGO that is looking to stop the country’s continual investment in coal mining and...
Category: Poland News Brief and Action Alert
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Poland Energy Production Trends
How the Energy System is Structured The Ministry of Economy is responsible for formulating energy policy in Poland. It recently released its energy policy for 2030 which states that Poland is oriented to the fulfillment of EU-climate energy policy. Its top priority is energy efficiency improvement. It seeks to “achieve further development of the Polish...
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Poland Emission Reduction Challenges
Leading Emission Reduction Challenges: (a) Dependence on fossil fuels as energy sources, especially coal; (b) Political opposition to climate change legislation Current Greenhouse Gas Emission Levels A perfect storm of conservative political figures, and an addiction to coal threatens Poland’s ability to honor its pledge in the Paris Agreement. Between 2008 and 2012, the...
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Poland Ratification Status
Possibility of Ratification by 2018: Low To date, Poland has not ratified the Paris Agreement. In 1989, Communism collapsed in Poland and the country shifted to democracy. This democratic nation now has a President, a Prime Minister, and a Parliament. The Constitution, established in 1997, assigns power to separate parts of the government so they...