Climate change awareness reaches record-high in the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic – Czechs are increasingly aware of and concerned about the threat posed by climate change and globalContinue Reading
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Poland could see coal transition fund cut in half under new EU proposal
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s share in the EU’s Just Transition Fund (JTF) – a plan to help the bloc’s mostContinue Reading
Poland and Japan to bolster cooperation on low-carbon energy amidst global criticism
Warsaw, Poland – As world leaders gather in Davos to discuss global issues, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and hisContinue Reading
Poland poised to be main beneficiary of EU’s €100-billion climate fund
Warsaw, Poland – Poland will be the top beneficiary of the €100-billion EU climate fund meant to help coal-reliant regionsContinue Reading
Hungary: Orbán goes green on climate change as long as it remains ‘Christian-democratic’
Budapest, Hungary – Last week, Prime Minister Viktor Orban unveiled the government’s climate and environmental strategy, an ambitious plan theContinue Reading
Poland slaps record fine on Volkswagen over ‘Dieselgate’ emissions scandal
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s competition regulator UOKiK announced earlier this week it was imposing a record fine of 120 millionContinue Reading
Poland ranks first in food security index in Central and Eastern Europe
Warsaw, Poland – Ranked 24th worldwide in The Economist’s annual ‘Global Food Security Index’ 2019, Poland takes the top spotContinue Reading
Hydropower plants in Central Europe a threat to biodiversity, warns WWF
Prague, Czech Republic – The proliferation of hydropower plants in the EU, including in Central and Eastern European countries, isContinue Reading
Poland vows to triple solar energy capacity this year
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s Prime Minister has pledged to increase the country’s solar energy capacity three-fold in 2019. On Wednesday,Continue Reading
What are Poles and Hungarians most worried about?
Warsaw, Poland – An extensive international Ipsos poll, released last month, sheds some light on the most worrisome issues for citizensContinue Reading
Poland’s climate neutrality is ‘affordable and feasible’, says WWF
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s path to climate neutrality and zero net emissions is both “affordable and feasible”, a new studyContinue Reading
Poland needs ‘between €700 and 900 billion’ to fund energy transition
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski claimed earlier this week that it was “a fantasy” to try to reachContinue Reading
Meet Cargonomia, the eco-friendly cooperative championing degrowth in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary – “Building your own furniture isn’t that complicated. There are plenty of participative workshops to learn how toContinue Reading
Climate change: Poland and France clash over Macron’s comments
Paris, France – Poland and France have crossed swords in recent days over comments made by the French President criticizingContinue Reading
Poland: Greenpeace activists detained after staging anti-coal protests
Warsaw, Poland – Activists from Greenpeace Poland have been arrested and detained for staging anti-coal protests. On Monday, Greenpeace’s RainbowContinue Reading
