EU commits to 20% reduction in CO2 emissions

Even the skeptical President Lech Kaczynski supported the idea, although he claimed that Merkel has his support because he wanted the summit to end positively. The leaders agreed that by 2020 the EU will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20% and will increase the share of renewable energy in overall energy usage from 7% to 20%. The EU also agreed to increase the use of biofuel to 10%. For Poland, the most difficult point to accept was renewable energy. Currently Poland uses only 5% of renewable energy and only agreed to the plan when it was established that the limits of renewable energy will be defined for each country separately to give the EU an overall limit of 20%. Poland's viable limit is 9-10%, however, it will also contribute by investing in the production of biomass. (Rzeczpospolita, March 10-11, p.B2) M.M.