Poland vetoed the EU's “Energy Road map 2050” at a meeting of environment ministers in Brussels last Friday. This is the second time in eight months that the country has blocked an otherwise unanimously supported commitment to rise carbon emissions cuts in the EU after 2020.
“It has been a tough day, and tough negotiations. Once again, one delegation has blocked the conclusions,” said Martin Lidegaard, Danish minister for climate, energy and building, following the meeting.
The energy road map in question envisions reducing total EU emissions by 80 to 95 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. That’s a minimum of four times the current 20 percent reduction target for 2020. The EU Council's approval of the road map is needed to set legally binding emissions targets after 2020.
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