(ANSA-AP) - TRIESTE, DECEMBER 4 - Poland's President Andrzej Duda says the coal-reliant nation has no plans to totally remove this fossil fuel, which it has in abundance, from its energy mix. Duda spoke at a news conference at the start of a U.N. climate conference aimed at curbing global warming yesterday. The conference is being held in Katowice, in Poland's coal mining region of Silesia, the source of the fossil fuel that produces some 80 percent of the nation's energy. Duda said there's "no plan today to fully give up on coal" as Poland's supplies can run for another 200 years. He said coal was Poland's "strategic fossil fuel" guaranteeing its energy security and sovereignty and "it would be hard not to use it." Poland tried to set the tone for the two-week meeting by promoting the idea of a "just transition" for miners and other workers facing layoffs as countries adopt alternative energy sources. "We are trying to save the world from annihilation, but we must do this in a way that those who live with us today in the world have the best possible living conditions," Duda said. "Otherwise they will say, 'We don't want such policy.'" The issue of a "just transition" isn't restricted to workers in energy industries who might lose their jobs. (ANSA-AP).