Agnieszka Tomaszewska

Republic of Poland

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Tuesday 10 February, 2009

London calling…

After a few days of fighting a nasty flu that seemed to have taken control of Warsaw, on 27 January, I went to London. And I noticed that winter was following in my footsteps to the UK. Believe me, I had not planned that ;)

During my visit in London I met a representative of the Strategic Programme Fund Low Carbon High Growth (SPF LCHG) team, which coordinates the allocation of funds and activities related to implementation of projects, including the Polish ones. As a result of our talks, a representative of SPF LCHG had been invited to visit Warsaw in May. It will be a perfect opportunity to meet organisations implementing the projects and to see how they operate on a day-to-day basis.

During the rest of my stay I attended a programme management training course which, I suppose, significantly influenced my views on how to coordinate several projects seeking a common goal. In case of SPF projects, this goal is to support investment in low carbon economy. All project proposals submitted to our Embassy's Climate and Energy Team should satisfy this requirement so that we can effectively cooperate with our Polish partners and share with them the UK experience in tackling climate change.

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Agnieszka: -Necesitamos hacer algo por el clima , tu loable labor unida al interés y la voluntad del colectivo serán la medicina perfecta para calmar la convulsiva fiebre de nuestro planeta. -Hay que despertar el interés de los ciudadanos, hacer que partipen , protesten , firmen peticiones ; pienso que esta será la única manera de que por ejemplo acuerdos como el de " Protocolo de Kyoto" podría ser no solo firmado por todos los paises si no cumplido al pie de la letra y así empieze a notarse la diferencia. Atte: Agnieszka M. Rybarczyk Feder- Subdirectora de la Fundación Espada de Luz

Posted by Agnieszka Malgorzata Rybarczyk Feder on February 18, 2009 at 03:14 PM CET #

Dzien dobry Agnieszka! I think it is very encouraging that there seems to have been such a high level of interest in low carbon technologies among Polish organisations. I wonder if I could ask a few questions in relation to these initiatives: 1 Regarding CCS, how would the captured carbon be physically stored and where? 2 Given the significant, and increasing, carbon emissions associated with the mining and enrichment of nuclear fuels, are nuclear technologies still considered to be a low carbon solution in comparison to traditional, fossil fuel based energy sources? 3 Finally, what specific renewable energies are being proposed for development within Poland? Look forward to your future postings! Pozdrawiam, Stuart

Posted by Stuart on February 20, 2009 at 01:19 AM CET #

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