Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said the new fortifications will prepare the frontier with Belarus and Russia in case of war
Poland will build a defense line along its borders with Belarus and Russia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced. He added that work has already begun on ‘East Shield.’
Amid the ongoing conflict between Kiev and Moscow, the Polish leadership has repeatedly talked up the need to better defend the country against a perceived Russian threat. Last month, President Andrzej Duda suggested that Warsaw would be happy to host US nuclear weapons there, if asked to take part in NATO’s sharing scheme. Prime Minister Tusk was quick to downplay the idea, with Moscow warning of countermeasures should American weapons of mass destruction appear on its border or that of its key ally, Belarus.
Speaking at a military commemorative event in Krakow on Saturday, Prime Minister Tusk stated that Warsaw “will invest ten billion zlotys (€2.3 billion) in the security of our border with Belarus and Russia.”
“We have begun these works, to make Poland’s border a safe one in times of peace, and impenetrable for an enemy in times of war,” the official added, noting Poland’s strategic position on the eastern flank of NATO and the European Union.
India’s economy will become carbon neutral by the year 2070, the country’s prime minster has announced at the COP26 climate crisis summit in Glasgow. The target date is two decades beyond what scientists say is needed to avert catastrophic climate impacts. India is the last of the world’s major carbon polluters to announce a net-zero target, with China saying it would reach that goal in 2060, and the United States and the European Union aiming for 2050.
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
A crucial U.N. conference heard calls on its first day for the world's major economies to keep their promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new commitments to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt the global warming which threatens the future of the planet at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday. The task facing negotiators was made even more daunting by the failure of the Group of 20 major industrial nations to agree ambitious new commitments at the weekend.