Agnieszka Tomaszewska

Warsaw, David Miliband on climate change and Copenhagen

It is still 80 days to the climate conference in Copenhagen. This is an important time to take the last decisions before the global agreement opening the post-Kyoto period is signed.
The United Kingdom and the EU member states are trying to make the obligations that will be undertaken in Copenhagen ambitious. That is why the UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, has recently visited a few European capitals in order to talk about climate and energy issues. On 8 September he visited Poland. The visit was an important event in the life of our Embassy.
One of the points of his agenda was a visit to the “Siekierki” heat and power station in Warsaw, where he was accompanied by the Polish and Swedish foreign ministers, Radosław Sikorski and Carl Bildt. The “Siekierki” heat and power station is owned by Vattenfall Poland. It is the largest CHP facility in Poland and the second largest in Europe. In the years 2007-2008 the Swedish investor modernised the plant, which made it possible to significantly reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. At the moment, in its plants, Vattenfall Poland is implementing one of the biggest environmental programmes in Poland. Their most immediate investment plans include construction of a CCS installation.
Our Climate and Energy Team cooperates with Vattenfall Poland and Vattenfall Heat Poland on a project implemented by the Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan. The project concerns low emission solutions for business (“Promoting low carbon energy mix solutions for business sectors”) and is financed from the UK Foreign Office fund promoting low carbon economy while sustaining high economic growth (“Strategic Programme Fund Low Carbon High Growth”). The aims of the project include raising awareness of CCS in Poland and promoting the use of biomass for energy purposes.

Posted at 15:14 25 September 2009 by Agnieszka Tomaszewska  |  Comments[0]