ECO holds no brief against Poland as a travel destination. It’s a nice country with cold winter weather but warm and friendly people — but it’s definitely not the right place to host COP 19.
Hosting a COP requires actively working to get a meaningful outcome based on environmental integrity and flexibility. Host countries must be flexible enough to set aside national interests to address the concerns of all parties and find workable and constructive compromises.
Flexibility for the sake of common benefit and environmental integrity is something that the Polish government has not been succeeding in recently.
Agreeing to the full cancellation of ‘hot air’ after the second commitment period would be the best step to strengthen your hand, Poland, and show the world that you understand the true meaning and objectives of this process.
Otherwise, we will still come and visit, but we’ll do it over holidays and we will search for another Presidency that can really contribute to the ultimate goal of the COP which is limiting global warming well below 2°C. 