Climate Policy.

The Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) welcomes the Commission’s strategies aimed at promoting a holistic approach to pursue policies aimed at achieving EU climate-neutral economy in 2050, and developing the key technologies for reaching this objective. The PKEE shares the Commission’s reflection that electricity should remain the key driver of the decarbonization, possibly supported by other […]

The Polish economy may benefit from the European Green Deal if before the negotiations at the European Council we will know what we want. Jadwiga Emilewicz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development sat in an interview with us.

„Poland was one of the first countries to propose an initiative to sustain investments in and supply of renewable energy sources in Europe. We want to take action to maintain the supply chain for the wind and PV sectors impacted by the coronavirus epidemic,” Poland’s Climate Minister Michał Kurtyka said in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

„Every crisis is also an opportunity – an opportunity to start things from scratch, in a different and more courageous way. We, including Poland, should seize this moment – for instance in the energy sector – argues professor Jerzy Buzek, Poland’s former PM and member of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

With their zero- and low-emissions investment portfolio, the members of the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) are actively contributing to the growth of a low-carbon economy. Therefore, the PKEE welcomes an opportunity to present its response to the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) of the 2030 Climate Target Plan. We would like to point the European Commission’s […]

As part of our series of interviews with the 2020 presidential candidates we have talked to Robert Biedroń, a candidate representing the Left party. „Renewable energy sources should be the primary choice for replacing the outgoing coal-generated power. It should be a top priority to unblock investments in onshore wind turbines, prepare a legislative package […]

Analysts who are dealing with the future of the EU climate policy are absolutely certain that its central role as laid out in the European Green Deal, will remain part and parcel of the anti-crisis measures. This message is coming from EU institutions and the majority of member states. There is no surprise here, especially […]

The just transition in Silesia is at high risk because of the government which, and this needs to be stated clearly, is putting the region and the coal sector in harm’s way. The experience of other coal regions proves that in order to have a successful just transition one needs a well thought-out plan with […]

In an interview for BiznesAlert.pl Sylwia Spurek, MEP and member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, comments on the climate policy in the era of the coronavirus. „We cannot solve this problem by sweeping the old ones under the rug. Some either forget, or still don’t understand that the EU’s climate neutrality is […]

When the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced the European Green Deal last year, she said it was the biggest challenge for an entire generation. The unprecedented investment plan was supposed to have been immune to economic fluctuations, but nobody could have predicted the extent to which our lives would be […]