Highlights:

• The 3rd Polish-German Energy Transition Forum is a platform for cooperation between government, business and civil society organisations.
• This year's Forum focused on climate goals, decarbonisation, the competitiveness of Poland and Germany, renewable energy sources and the protection of critical infrastructure.
• The aim of the event was to identify common interests and openness to cooperation in energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and hydrogen.
• Minister Krzysztof Bolesta stressed the importance of building EU resilience in the supply chains of critical raw materials and clean technologies.
• He also pointed to the need for a comprehensive energy policy that takes into account traditional threats and new risks, in particular the affordability of energy and the competitiveness of EU industries.

Key to a successful transition
During the opening of the Forum, the minister highlighted strategic issues related to the energy transition.

Access to clean technologies and strategic raw materials will be crucial to the success of the energy transition. Climate policy must respond to this challenge. We cannot replace critical dependencies on fossil fuel imports with critical dependencies on clean technology imports 

– said Krzysztof Bolesta, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment.

Risks and challenges
In his speech, Minister Krzysztof Bolesta also pointed out that energy policy and energy security today require a comprehensive approach that covers both traditional threats and new risks. This approach is crucial for Poland, Germany and the entire European Union. Among these new risks, which have a direct impact on social and economic challenges, Minister Bolesta mentioned cybersecurity, the resilience of critical raw material supply chains, as well as issues of affordability and ensuring the competitiveness of EU industry.

Energy security and affordability were one of the pillars during the Polish Presidency of the EU Council.

Cooperation platform
The Polish-German Energy Transition Forum is a platform for cooperation between Polish and German representatives of government administration, businesses, research institutes and social organisations involved in social transformation.

The forum is organised by the German Energy Agency (dena) and the National Energy Conservation Agency on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office in cooperation with the German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK) and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Warsaw.