Polish Ministry of Environment criticize EU climate policy

The Polish Minister of Environment Jan Szyszko has criticized the EU climate policy regarding the Paris climate deal (the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, November 2015). The minister focused on two ways of decreasing CO2 emissions in the atmosphere - through renewable energy sources and new combustion technologies; and by absorbing carbon dioxide. He admitted that the ministry will try to take into account the absorption of EU legislation. Jan Szyszko noted that even if the EU were to reduce emissions to zero, the protocol of Paris will not come into force, since the EU's share of global CO2 emissions is approximately 8 percent, whereas it should be at around 55 percent.

"The climate policy mapped out in Paris is: as soon as possible, as cheaply as possible, as efficiently as possible. And Poland wants to be a leader in it," the minister summed up.