The conference is held on 20-24 September 2021 in Vienna. Due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the event is organised in the hybrid formula. The Head of the Polish delegation participated in the meeting remotely.

On request of the Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka, the President of the Council of Ministers Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Michał Pietrzak the Chief Inspector of Environmental Protection. The new Chief Inspector was nominated on 17 September.

The third meetings of the ministers of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) will be held on 22 and 23 September in Warsaw. More than 100 participants of the event will discuss the priority issues in the area of energy policy, technological innovations, their implementation and investments.

“Establishment of the Lower Silesian Hydrogen Valley will enable innovative industrial undertakings and strategic investment projects based on hydrogen, in close cooperation with the business and scientific environment” – said the Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka when signing the “Letter of intent for the establishment of the Lower Silesian Hydrogen Valley”. The event, that took place on 9 September 2021 in Karpacz, was also attended by the President of the Council of Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment Ireneusz Zyska and the representatives of the industry.

Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment, Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński, attended the informal meeting of the Ministers of Environment of the Visegrad Group, Bulgaria and Romania. The meeting was held on 7 September 2021 in Budapest.

“Digital technologies in the State Forests contribute to protection of forest wildlife. The benefits from using a drone include the immediate inventory and rapid response. We may also monitor the protected species” – said Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment, Edward Siarka during the CYBERSEC Forum in Krynica-Zdrój. This is one of the most influential conferences in Europe, with a mission to strengthen and emphasize the socio-economic capacity of inter-regional cooperation. The Vice-Minister actively attended the panel on the latest technologies in forest management.

Key items of the EU agenda and global climate negotiations, i.e. the Fit for 55 package and COP26 are the leitmotivs of the meeting between the Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka and the Estonian Minister of Environment Tõnis Mölder held on 31 August 2021.

On 23 August 2021, the Minister of Climate and Environment, President of the Polish Athletic Association (PAA) and the Director of the Kampinoski National Park launched the ECOathletes project. The initiative aims at promoting active leisure with family.

On 28 July this year, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, at its 44th Session held on 16 – 31 July 2021 in Fuzhou, China, decided to establish the new World Natural Heritage Site in Poland. The site covers a part of beech forests of the Bieszczadzki National Part of the strictly protected area of nearly 3300 ha, which accounts for approx. 11% of the total Park area. The beech forests are located on the northern slopes of the Polonina Wetlinska and Smerek, in the Border Ridge and Gorna Solinka valley as well as in the Terebowiec and Wolosatka stream valleys. The National Park border forms the buffer zone for the site.

The Act adopted by the Seym on 23 July this year provides for temporary introduction of an additional procedure for obtaining the investment locations justified by the state needs and policy objectives.