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Video: Polish perspectives on the EU presidency

Today Poland takes the helm of the EU presidency, but the country’s recent move to unilaterally block a 25 percent reduction target for EU carbon emissions has solidified expectations that Poland would hinder a more ambitious EU climate policy agenda.

,   |  1 July 2011


Today Poland takes the helm of the EU presidency, but the country’s recent move to unilaterally block a 25 percent reduction target for EU carbon emissions has solidified expectations that Poland would hinder a more ambitious EU climate policy agenda.

Bankwatch’s Polish coal campaigner Kuba Gogolewski describes in the video below how European public banks fit in to the picture, as Poland pushes the breaks in European climate policy by sustaining its large-scale domestic coal power production.

More information is on our project page on Coal-fired power plants in Poland

See also our comment in the EU Observer

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Institution: EBRD  |  EIB

Theme: Energy & climate

Location: Poland

Project: Coal-fired power plants in Poland

Tags: EU  |  energy security  |  fossil fuels

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