EU hammers out 2050 climate neutrality deal, leaves Poland out
2019-12-13 10:48:35 source：CGTN
December 13, 2019
European Union leaders on Friday reached an agreement to make the bloc carbon neutral by 2050, but left Poland out of the commitment for now, after hours of haggling with Eastern European states demanding funds to support a transition away from fossil fuels and a role for nuclear power.
Diplomats said the summiteers' final decision – reached 10 hours after they had gathered – said "one member state," meaning Poland, could not commit to the 2050 target. They said that Poland had earlier floated the idea of setting the date at 2070.
The decision came just a day after the bloc's new executive unveiled a 100-billion-euro (110 billion U.S. dollars) plan for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, declaring it the EU's "man on the moon moment."
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