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Poland to reduce use of coal from 70% to 11% says president

The president underlined Poland's active role in global climate policy, and pointed out that Poland has surpassed the Kyoto Protocol's 6-percent CO2 reduction target. Jakub Szymczuk/KPRP

Poland plans to reduce its dependency on coal over the coming two decades by building a “zero-emission energy system,” President Andrzej Duda told the Climate Leaders' Summit on Friday.

Global E-mobility Forum to be held in Warsaw

Warsaw will host the Global E-mobility Forum, one of the biggest world events devoted to electric mobility, in September, Deputy Environment Minister Michal Kurtyka said on Wednesday.

No terrorist incidents during COP 24 in Poland

There were no terrorist incidents reported during the COP 24 climate summit in Poland's southern city of Katowice, PAP was told on Thursday by the spokesperson of the minister coordinator of special services.

Polish PM says climate summit reconciled different stances

The UN climate summit that ended in the Polish southern city of Katowice on Saturday managed to align a number of differing positions, Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday as he summed up the two-week COP24 conference.

COP24 great step for environmental protection - PM

The Saturday-ended COP24 climate summit in Katowice, southern Poland, is a great step forward for environmental protection, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a Monday interview for PAP.

COP24 implements Paris Agreement

The COP24 climate summit in Katowice, southern Poland has implemented the 2015 Paris Agreement on greenhouse emission reduction in a Katowice Package passed at the conference's closing session on Saturday.

Economic organisation secretary lists challenges facing today's cities

Sustainable development of cities, digitally-competent employees and taxation of online companies are the key challenges that contemporary cities face, said Jose Angel Gurria, secretary of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Over forty countries support Polish-British e-mobility initiative

More than 40 countries support the Polish-British initiative to promote electromobility, the Ministry of Environment announced on Wednesday. The declaration was made at the COP24 UN climate summit in Katowice (southern Poland), last Tuesday.

Poland tackles air pollution at COP24

The Polish government hopes its Clean Air programme will contribute to a significant reduction in energy use and CO2 emissions. At the COP24 Climate Summit in Katowice (southern Poland), financing was announced for building thermomodernisation from Jan. 2019.

March for Climate passes through streets of Katowice

Nearly 3,000 people took part in the "March for Climate", on Saturday, in Poland's southern city of Katowice, the capital of the Silesian mining district and the scene of the ongoing COP24 climate summit.

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