RTCC: Tackling climate not in Poland’s interest, says Duda

Poland’s newly appointed president says he is open to rethinking the country’s support for EU-wide climate policies, declaring carbon cutting plans “not in our interest”.

In an interview with Politico, Andrzej Duda said the October 2014 decision by the EU’s 28 member states to target 40% emission cuts on 1990 levels by 2030 was “bad for Poland’s direction”.

“Compared to the rest of Europe, we have enormous coal reserves and simply understood decarbonization is completely not in our interest,” he said.

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