The Senate has approved, without changes, the government's draft amendment to the Act on Environmental Protection Law, which was passed by the Sejm at the end of July. The provisions will allow complaints to be lodged - without having to demonstrate a legal interest - against air quality programmes, their updates, short-term action plans, and also against the inaction of the authorities responsible for adopting them Air quality programmes are drawn up when air quality standards are exceeded in a given region. The bill will now be sent to the President.

On 4 August 2026, the Council of Ministers adopted a draft bill amending the Environmental Protection Law and certain other Acts (UDER44), prepared by the Ministry of Climate and Environment. The new provisions will simplify the rules governing integrated permits, reduce the administrative burden and streamline the work of public authorities. The changes will increase the flexibility with which businesses can operate, whilst maintaining the existing, rigorous environmental protection standards. The draft forms part of the government's broad package of deregulation measures aimed at boosting the efficiency of the Polish economy and streamlining administrative procedures.

The proposed provisions will allow complaints to be lodged - without having to demonstrate a legal interest - against air quality programmes, their updates, short-term action plans, and also against the inaction of the authorities responsible for adopting them Air quality programmes are drawn up when air quality standards are exceeded in a given region. The Law will now be taken up by the Senate.

A total of 147 energy supply points for zero-emission transport will be built or expanded in Poland. The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM) and distribution system operators have signed agreements for the implementation of projects related to the expansion and modernisation of power grids to support publicly accessible high-power charging stations. This creates conditions for the further development of electromobility and zero-emission transport in Poland.

No out-of-pocket costs and significantly lower bills - a comprehensive thermal modernisation of a multi-family building has been completed in Rymań. This is the first visible result of a major building energy modernisation programme, carried out jointly by the Voivodship Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Szczecin and the Marshal's Office of the Zachodniopomorskie (Western Pomeranian) Voivodship. The initiative, which will cover 1,000 buildings in the Western Pomeranian Voivodship alone, will soon be extended to the whole of Poland.

At the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Busan, South Korea, a decision concerning the state of conservation of the transboundary World Heritage site 'Białowieża Forest' was adopted without objection. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee positively assessed the measures taken by Poland to protect this unique area, including the completion of work on the Management Plan for the Polish part of the Forest.

An informal meeting of the European Union Environment Council took place in Dublin on 23-24 July 2026. Ministers discussed, amongst other things, how to reconcile decarbonisation targets with the competitiveness of European industry, the EU's role in global environmental policy, and the importance of the circular economy for Europe's resilience and economic security. Poland was represented by Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Krzysztof Bolesta.

During the talks, which took place on 22 July 2026 in Warsaw, Deputy Minister Krzysztof Galos proudly emphasised that Poland is the first European Union Member State to have entered into an individual strategic partnership with the U.S. government concerning critical raw materials.

On 22 July 2026, the first online talks took place between the Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, represented by its Director Krzysztof Szamałek, and Geneviève Marquis, Executive Director of the Central Branch of the Geological Survey of Canada, which operates within Natural Resources Canada.

From 20 July 2026, new measures under the Clean Air Programme came into force, making it easier to access grants, increasing support for thermal modernisation and giving beneficiaries more time to complete their projects. The changes introduced respond to the needs expressed by residents, local authorities and the industry, whilst maintaining rules that ensure the safety of beneficiaries and the proper use of public funds.