POLAND FAVORS NON-BINDING CLIMATE DEAL

08/31/2015

The conservative Law and Justice party in Poland, which is poised to win the national parliamentary election in October, hopes to keep the United Nations climate deal in Paris non-binding. Officials in Poland hope that this will allow the state to renegotiate current European Union (EU) emissions laws. Much of the electricity generated in Poland comes from coal. While EU leaders negotiated last October to cut emissions by at least 40% by 2030 from 1990 levels, this pledge has yet to be translated into binding law. For the full story, see http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/08/28/us-climatechange-summit-poland-idUKKCN0QX1A120150828.