Just before Christmas, the Projects Committee held a meeting, chaired by Michael Halpin, the Head of the British Embassy Climate and Energy Team. We selected the best five proposals for low carbon economy projects submitted to the Embassy by Polish organisations.
Two of them involve carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. This is an important issue for the UK. David Miliband , UK Foreign Secretary, mentioned it recently in his blog. It has also been attracting more and more interest in Poland, especially in the context of the Climate-Energy Package.
The other projects refer to issues such as improving energy efficiency and increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy mix. The institutions which submitted the projects include non-governmental organisations, think-tanks and research institutes. Following the meeting, we sent the projects to the Project Committee of the FCO Strategic Programme Fund Low Carbon High Growth - SPF LCHG . In mid-January we shall find out which proposals will pass on to the next stage of the competition.
I would really like our projects to be approved by the SPF LCHG as they are both interesting and innovative. Their implementation will promote investment in modern technologies and job creation. New jobs may appear in those sectors of the economy which will develop as a result of climate protection activities. This has already happened in some Western European countries.
The year 2008 was a fascinating time in the history of the still quite young British Embassy Climate and Energy Team. Between April and December we were involved in a number of visits, meetings and events, preceding the COP14 climate conference in Poznań and the EU summit in Brussels. I can't remember ever before meeting, in such a short time, so many people devoted to climate protection. I know that we will go on working together in the coming year and that we will all face some more breakthroughs in the near future. I will certainly write about them in my blog.
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year!
Posted at 11:51 08 January 2009 by Agnieszka Tomaszewska | Comments[0]
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