Pellegrini promised new strategy for climate protection

Slovakia decided to reduce the generation of electricity from coal.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Slovakia's Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini shake hands at the COP25 climate talks summit in Madrid, Monday Dec. 2, 2019. The chair of a two-week climate summit attended by nearly 200 countries warned at its opening Monday that those refusing to adjust to the planet's rising temperatures "will be on the wrong side of history." Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Slovakia's Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini shake hands at the COP25 climate talks summit in Madrid, Monday Dec. 2, 2019. The chair of a two-week climate summit attended by nearly 200 countries warned at its opening Monday that those refusing to adjust to the planet's rising temperatures "will be on the wrong side of history." (Source: AP/TASR)

Slovakia understands the need to take steps related to climate changes and is ready for the necessary transformation to protect the climate.

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These were the words of PM Peter Pellegrini (Smer) at the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 held in Madrid.

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This is why the country increased its ambitions and support to accelerate changes to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, he added.

“Slovakia is already projecting these ambitions into strategic planning, especially in our Energy and Climate Plan by 2030 and the Low-Carbon Technology Development Strategy by 2050,” said Pellegrini, as quoted by the TASR newswire.

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