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Poland isolated as pressure mounts on EU to deliver 2030 climate deal
NEWS: Warsaw holding out for more financial support as leaders head to Brussels for key two day European Council summit
Six EU states cast doubt on proposed 2030 climate goals
NEWS: Central European countries reject renewables and efficiency goals as part of EU’s 2030 climate package
EU efficiency push could counter Russian energy dominance
NEWS: A 35% energy efficiency target for 2030 would wipe out reliance on Russian gas, says UK think-tank IPPR
Poland’s Donald Tusk named next EU Council president
NEWS: Donald Tusk, a champion of coal and critic of EU’s tough climate policies will be the next Council chief
Could Donald Tusk use EU top job for anti-climate agenda?
COMMENT: Despite his pro-coal domestic agenda, Donald Tusk might not be a bad choice for European Council president
Anti-coal protesters flock to German-Polish border
NEWS: Greenpeace estimates 7,500 people from 28 countries joined hands to fight lignite mining plans
Human chain to protest coal mining in Germany and Poland
NEWS: Activists will form an 8km line between two villages threatened by opencast lignite mines, to highlight climate change risks
Korolec: Poland is a climate policy success story
NEWS: Poland’s climate change minister says the coal-intensive nation can be a model for developing countries
Finland urges Europe to unite for global climate talks
NEWS: Europe must speak “with one voice” at global climate talks in Paris next year, says Finnish minister
Poland threat to EU 2030 climate ambition – Davey
NEWS: Coal-dependent Poland could challenge European 2030 carbon-cutting targets, warns UK energy secretary
Seven EU countries demand binding energy efficiency target
NEWS: Most EU countries still on the fence or oppose binding efficiency target in 2030
Norway ratifies UN Kyoto Protocol extension
NEWS: Pressure growing on EU as internal rows force bloc to postpone backing of key UN treaty
Poland leads calls for climate policy ‘compensation’ from EU
NEWS: Central European coalition says EU must ensure 2030 climate policies do not unfairly burden poor bloc members
UK and Poland to fund joint study into shale gas potential
NEWS: UK and Poland say they are “natural allies” in shale gas gas, and report will highlight “positive benefits across Europe”
India and Brazil “stalling” on global climate treaty says UK envoy
NEWS: World still not united on tackling global warming, says UK’s special representative on climate change
EU Parliament backs tougher renewable energy target
Full sitting of EU Parliament backs 30% renewables target, compared with 27% proposed by EC
Poland argues for delay to EU 2030 climate package
Former COP19 president Marcin Korolec says that EU should wait till 2015 to decide on climate package to align with UN
Beijing’s carbon trading scheme goes online
Thursday’s top five: Beijing launches carbon trading scheme, Poland starts fracking, Jordan builds first major wind farm
Krakow residents banned from burning coal
Wednesday’s top five: fossil fuels banned, EU car emissions limited, Solomon Islands face economic crisis, Kiribati resident refused climate refugee status
Poland’s coal unions protest outside UN climate summit
Row over coal and climate in Poland grows day after government sacks Environment Minister and COP19 President