MIxed signals from Polish PM Tusk

Polish PM Tusk defends stand on climate change -- china.org.cn

At a summit of the European Union on October 15-16, Prime Minister Tusk was widely seen as a driving force behind a group of eastern European leaders aiming to modify EU plans for a 20 percent reduction in emissions by 2020. Nearly all Poland’s electricity is generated by burning coal and the country’s leadership fears the plans as currently formulated would double domestic electricity prices.

Tusk said "Our civilization depends on taking action on climate change. It is the quintessence of responsibility and solidarity." But he added that "if we are too stringent and too orthodox, the poor will not participate". On December’s climate change conference he said, "In Poznan we will be looking to make one more step forward and it is alright if the steps are quite cautious. If they are too fast and too rapid we will never get countries such as China to participate."