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Wednesday, 2 December 2015
COP21: Prime Minister Beata Szydlo at the inauguration of the climate summit in Paris
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| Prime Minister Beat Szydlo in Paris |
Polish Prime Minister, Beata
Szydlo, took part in Monday's inauguration of the COP21, gave the negotiators a
mandate to develop a concrete solutions in the text climate agreement.
She
opened her speech with the reference to the attacks that took place in Paris in
November, expanding its meaning to universal value of security; she said:
“It is important that we work in
solidarity on key issues and make sure that all people feel safe and able to
calmly think about the future “,
Adding that this also applies to climate
protection.
The head of Polish government stressed
out that Poland will sign an agreement regarding the limits of the emission of
CO2, but under the condition that the interests of Polish economy will be
protected. Considering Poland’s heavy economic dependence on the coal
exploration industry*, commitment to too restrictive emission guidelines could
be not only faced with general social discontent, but also with serious
financial consequences for many branches of Polish economy.
For the same reason, Poland has
been opposing the emission reduction roadmap in the past. Read about Poland’s
statement on the stabilization of European CO2 emission allowances market: click
It is important to remind that
Poland already managed the emission reduction tremendously. In comparison to
the start level (1988), Poland reduced its emission of CO2 by 30 % with the
double increase of GDP (often correlated to GHG emission level).
Concluding her presentation, Prime
Minister Szydlo pointed out crucial criteria that should be kept in mind during
the negotiations – that “(…) all
countries of the world must be involved in climate policy and they have to take
responsibility for the changes that will be implemented, in the same time
taking into account the interests of individual economies”.
COP21 (United Nations Conference on
Climate Change) is the 21st Conference of all countries which want to take
action for the climate. This year’s edition will be held in Le Bourget, France,
from 30 November to 11 December.
See the website for more details: http://www.cop21.gouv.fr/en/
*coal exploration industry in
itself does not produce high level of emission of CO2; due to the fact that
Poland explores coal, it is the cheapest source of energy which is therefore burned ( on commercial
scale in power plants, heat producing plants and heavy industry production
plants) and emits carbon dioxide
Based on:
- https://www.premier.gov.pl/wydarzenia/aktualnosci/premier-beata-szydlo-na-szczycie-klimatycznym-w-paryzu.html
- http://www.polskieradio.pl/5/3/Artykul/1551675,Szczyt-klimatyczny-w-Paryzu-Beata-Szydlo-globalny-wysilek-to-dla-Polski-warunek-przystapienia-do-umowy-klimatycznej
- http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/908427,szczyt-klimatyczny-w-paryzu-beata-szydlo-wzywa-do-solidarnosci.html
Picture:
Source: PAP/EPA
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Kompania Weglowa ( Coal Company ): the biggest Polish coal miner continues to have financial problems
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Autumn last year, we
reported about the problems which many of Polish coal mines were facing,
causing many of them to close down. Fact that coal exploration is one of the
most important branches of Polish industry and coal being the main energy
resource in the country, puts financial problems of the mines in a completely different
light. Despite government’s plans (and their actual implementation) of
restructuring of the biggest mine holding (Kompania Weglowa, in short: KW), Onet.pl reported that labour unions are
highly dissatisfied with the outcome of reorganisation and will discuss
internally the next steps to be taken.
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
"Silesia 2.0", new development program for the Silesia Region and coal mining industry: a real opportunity or political move?
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The development program - "Silesia 2.0, prepared over the course of last few months and signed on June 30,2015 by the government, is a detailed plan for restructuring coal sector in Poland, with a special attention to the social problems that eventual “collapse” of coal mining can cause in the voivodeship of Silesia (where majority of mines are located).
Friday, 16 January 2015
Kompania Weglowa to go under restructuring plan
Beginning of 2015 was not very good for the coal mining industry. After difficult discussions between representatives of the mining industry and the government at the end of 2014, it seemed that the situation is under control. Amendments to the coal trading regulation were supposed to be a sufficient measure to create more market opportunities for coal resellers and boost coal mining. Unfortunately, one of the biggest coal mining companies is facing serious financial problems, which, if not solved, will lead to company’s bankruptcy as a result of which the work will be lost by nearly 50 thousand people.
Monday, 10 November 2014
Amendment to the energy law; coal trading
Last Friday, November 7,2014, government approved amendments to the
energy law. The new law has an intention to protect Polish coal sector from
unfair foreign competition by implementation of trading licenses, so called
concessions (described already on this blog). For the adoption of the amendment
voted 435 deputies, one was against and one abstained.
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Coal as more popular product to buy by Poles in Kalliningrad
Residents
of Warmia and Mazury voivodeship ( see the map below ) who use the privilege of
shopping based on border traffic agreement ( agreement which allows
inhabitants, living in the state’s border area, to freely move between country
of residency and bordering country, inter alia for shopping purposes), are not
only buying fuel in Russia ( Kalliningrad ) but recently also coal.
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Poland might introduce system of licences for coal trading
In
order to increase the level of competitiveness in Polish coal market, there
have been intensive discussions over eventual restructuring of this sector. Parliamentary policy-making group,
working on the project proposing amendments to current energy law, suggested
implementation of system of licences on the sale and trading of coal. The system of licensing could prevent Polish coal market from being overflown with illegally imported coal, especially by low-quality coal from Russia.
Monday, 29 September 2014
Optimistic future of Kazimierz-Juliusz coal mine
Onet.pl reports that
after 11 hours of negotiations, on Sunday September 28,2014 there has been
signed an agreement on the future of coal mine Kazimierz – Juliusz. The
dramatic situation of the mine has been described in the post “Another coal
mine faces financial difficulties“ available under the link: http://polish-energy-blog.blogspot.it/2014/09/another-coal-mine-faces-financial.html
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Another coal mine faces financial difficulties
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Rescue plan for Kompania Weglowa
Poland has long tradition of coal
mining, thanks to the large layers of coal on the south-west of the country
(especially in the region of Silesia). After necessary restructuring in the
sector, Kompania Weglowa has been founded. At the moment, it is the biggest
coal mining company in Europe, employing 55 thousand people and extracting approx.
40 mln tons of coal annually. The company has been facing financial
difficulties, therefore there have been taken steps towards drafting reasonable
recovery plan for the firm.
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