09.10.2014 - Poland’s Veto Threat To Higher EU Emission Reduction Targets Could Derail Global Climate Treaty
Poland is at it again — threatening to derail any potential progress that the European Union can make before the world sits to agree on an international climate change agreement next year. Poland’s new prime minister has stated that she could veto a proposal by the EU to increase the emissions reduction target. Several EU countries are calling for an enhancement of the emissions reduction target as the union is already on course to meet its 2020 targets and companies covered under its emissions trading scheme are sitting on billions of tonnes worth of emission allowances owing to the economic slowdown...............................................Full Article: Source
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