The assessment of the potential and possible use of the infrastructure of decommissioned power plants was a key topic discussed during the workshops organised within the RECPP (Re-purposing Coal Power Plants during the Energy Transition) project. The event, which took place on 19 January 2021, was attended by Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment.

Following another failure of the heating network in the Polish capital in just a few days, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Jacek Ozdoba announced that he had appointed a working group to investigate the privatisation of the heating network in Warsaw.

Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Ireneusz Zyska attended a meeting with representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Poland on 19 January 2020, and discussed on, among others, the development of offshore wind energy.

On 14 January 2021, the Ministry of Climate and Environment has published the draft “Polish Hydrogen Strategy until 2030 with an Outlook until 2040” for public consultation. The Strategy sets ambitious and realistic goals for the development of hydrogen technologies in Poland.

Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka spoke with the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, in connection with the forthcoming end of her diplomatic mission in Poland. The meeting took place on 7 January 2021.

Under the so-called “Cleanliness Plus” Programme, works have been launched on a draft amendment to the Act on Maintaining Cleanliness and Order in Municipalities. In order to facilitate implementation of some of the amendments later this year, they are divided into two draft laws. The amendment to the Act on Maintaining Cleanliness and Order in Municipalities, signed by the President of Poland on 21 December 2020, contains the first part of the most urgent changes in waste management.

The Council of Ministers adopted a draft act on promoting electricity generation in offshore wind farms, submitted by the minister of climate and environment. The new regulations will significantly facilitate the use of the wind energy potential on the Baltic Sea and the development of Polish companies from the maritime economy sector.

Prospects for the development of nuclear energy in Europe, in the context of the Green Deal, is the main topic of the session during the conference “High Temperature Reactors for deep decarbonisation: the Polish example From the Gemini+ research project towards demonstration”. The event, which took place on 25 November 2020, was attended by Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment.

Global cooperation for the implementation of the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the implementation of further activities and ambitions, as well as the issue of preparations for the COP26 summit are the main topics of the meeting in the form of a high-level dialogue of the group Friends of the Paris Agreement. The videoconference, which took place on 24–25 November 2020 was attended by Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment.

The “New Energy” programme was the main topic of the webinar organised by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. The event, which took place on 25 November 2020, was attended by Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment, Ireneusz Zyska.