Poland makes Paris ratification conditional on new coal plant development

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2016/09/poland-makes-paris-ratification-conditional-on-new-coal-plant-development.html

From PEI:

The Polish government says it will not ratify the Paris Agreement to tackle climate change unless it receives financial guarantees from Brussels for the construction of new coal-fired power generation capacity.

BNE IntelliNews website reports that the Polish government continues to maintain that its energy security is at risk if its coal power capacity is threatened. Poland’s energy mix relies more than 80 per cent on coal.

The first agreement in question is the Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, which binds the EU to limit emissions by 20 per cent against the 1990 levels by 2020. The other is the Paris Agreement adopted late in 2015, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol as the first truly global legal means to reduce emissions.

For the Paris agreement to enter into force, it needs to be ratified by 55 states responsible for at least 55…

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