Climate Neutrality: Eu Funds and Target Poland

climate neutrality: Poland, which relies on coal for 80% of its electricity, is angling for more precise and generous commitments of EU funds to move away from fossil fuels before it agrees to implement the target, according to The Guardian. Poland will be reaching climate neutrality at its own pace, Morawiecki said. The Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, told journalists he had secured an exemption for Poland on the 2050 target, which is meant to become the legally binding centrepiece of the European Green Deal a plan to transform Europe's economy announced two days ago. Q&A What is the European Green Deal Show Hide The European Green Deal is the EU's answer to what the European commission's new president, Ursula von der Leyen, called the existential issue of the climate emergency. As well as the long-trailed goal of enshrining in law a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, the plan will propose cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels . The current target is 40%Making trade deals only with countries that stick to their climate targets under the Paris agreement Energy efficiency and renewable energy laws will be tightened up to reflect the more demanding climate targets To avoid penalising European steelmakers and other industry who are cleaning up their act, non-EU competitors importing energy-intensive goods could face a tax, known as a carbon border adjustment mechanism Using EU funds to develop a zero carbon steel industry by 2030. Most EU countries have signed up to goal of a climate neutral EU by 2050, a goal demanding dramatic change in energy use, farming, housing, transport, trade and diplomacy. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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