New contribution: “The COP19 guide to corporate lobbying. Climate crooks and the Polish government’s partners in crime”

messecoverPublished by Corporate Europe Observatory, CEO, and Transnational Institute, TI, in October 2013. Research and writing: Rachel Tansey, with contributions from Karolina Jankowska, Nina Holland and Belen Balanya.

The COP19 Guide to Corporate Lobbying. Climate crooks and the Polish government’s partners in crime

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is yearly talks have become a “must attend” event for huge numbers of business and industry lobbyists, all eager to promote their preferred “solution” to tackling climate change – solutions which protect their business interests, provide them with new opportunities to profit and most importantly of all, allow them to continue polluting the climate and destroying the environment for everyone. False solutions to climate change have been promoted by powerful corporations and business interests for years, from a free market in pollution – a global carbon market that helps rich companies avoid emission cuts at source – to public funding for controversial technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS), nuclear power and agrofuels which have been shown to harm people and the planet.

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Executive papers on energy efficiency in buildings in Central and Eastern Europe

Check out the newest executive papers on energy efficiency in buildings in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary published by Fraunhofer MOEZ and co-authored by Urban Kaiser and me (in German):

Panel discussion “Renewable jobs – jobs in renewables: facts and myths” during the congress organized by the Greens/ EFA in Warsaw

ziemiaThe panel discussion “Renewable jobs – jobs in renewables: facts and myths” is going to take place during the participatory debate about Poland and its future “Citizen’s energy for a good climate” organized by the Greens/ European Free Alliance (Greens/ EFA) in the European Parliament from 15 to 16 November in Warsaw.

What is the aim of this panel? As the organizers wrote:

In the midst of the crisis Europe is in need for new innovative sustainable strategies for jobs creation. For the Greens in Europe, investment in renewable energy is clearly one of the solutions to be implemented. There are many good examples across the EU to follow. Together with the public we will be looking at the solutions which could be applied in Poland and how to unleash the potential of green jobs in Poland.

During the panel discussion I am going to present the potential for jobs creation in the renewable energy sector in Poland as well the German experiences in this field. I am going also to discuss the potential for a transfer of these experiences to Poland.

More information about the panel discussion as well as the whole event is available on the website of the Greens/ EFA.

Corporate lobbying at the climate talks

During the last couple of weeks before COP19 I will be helping Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) to expose how some of the companies are shaping the policies and positions of the Polish Government and the UN.

With your help, the help of donors, CEO will also produce and disseminate a who-is-who guide to corporate lobbying at the climate talks and work with activists and campaigners on the ground in Warsaw to build a strong civil society voice rejecting corporate capture both inside and outside COP19.

Check out the new CEO’s blog.

Articles on German energy policy and politics available online

The articles (in Polish) published this year in Czysta Energia: “German PV support policy: changes and challenges” and “Energy transition in Germany” are now available online on the Polish energy internet portal cire.pl.

The article “German PV support policy: changes and challenges” (in Polish: “Niemiecka polityka wsparcia PV – zmiany i wyzwania”) can be found here, and below as pdf file (source: cire.pl):

Karolina Jankowska Niemiecka polityka wsparcia PV zmiany i wyzwania

The artcile “Energy transition in Germany” (in Polish: “Transformacja energetyczna w Niemczech”) can be found here, and below as pdf file (source: cire.pl):

Karolina Jankowska Transformacja energetyczna w Niemczech