The first meeting of the Global Future Council on Clean Air, where an international body of experts in environmental issues jointly work on improving air quality, took place on 19 October. As Minister Michał Kurtyka pointed out, the aim of the council should be, among other things, to exchange experiences and learn about good practices in the field of curbing the issue of smog.

Energy sector transformation, its financing social impact were the main issues raised by Minister Michał Kurtyka during the “Imagining a Post-Coal Power Sector” debate. The event, which was organised as part of the Aspen-Columbia Global Energy Forum, took place on 14 October 2020.

Issues concerning the development of hydrogen technology and economy were the main topics covered during the presentation of the Government Plenipotentiary for RES Ireneusz Zyska during the 5th Scientific Conference "Energy Security - Pillars and Perspectives for Development". The event, which was organised by the Institute of Energy Policy and I. Łukasiewicz University of Technology in Rzeszów, took place on 12 October 2020.

Vice-Minister Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński took part in the official launch of the platform for the exchange of experience between Polish and Ukrainian coal regions.

The Minister of Climate took part in the “Renewable energy in Poland - opportunities and challenges for the future” videoconference, which was held on 6 October 2020 by EUFORES (European Renewable Energy Forum) and the Renewables Networking Platform in cooperation with the Polish Parliament.

Poland's energy policy, new prospects for the development of the RES sector and hydrogen as a fuel powering the future were the issues raised by Vice-Minister Ireneusz Zyska during thematic panels at the Polish National Economic Summit, which took place on 5-6 October in Lublin.

The "Quo Vadis 2030 – A European approach to achieving the EU's energy targets for 2030” was the theme of an informal videoconference of European Union energy ministers. The talks, which were held on 6 October 2020, were attended by Vice-Minister of Climate Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński.

“Does the European Green Deal have a chance to be implemented in the light of the pandemic?” was one of the questions that the participants of the webinar organised by the Polish Institute of International Affairs in cooperation with J. Delors Institute tried to answer. The event, which was held on 6 October 2020, were attended by Minister of Climate Michał Kurtyka.

Impact assessment of the possible increase of the EU emission reduction target for 2030 was the main topic of the informal meeting of EU environment and climate ministers. The event, which took place on 30 September and 1 October this year was attended by Vice-Minister of Climate Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński.

“The pilot programme for district heating plants, which was launched in 2019, confirmed the great interest in supporting local district heating systems. Now is the perfect time to implement the next stage and extend the programme. Today we open the call for applications under the new rules. We have reserved 500 million PLN for co-financing investments that will facilitate the transformation of district heating systems”, announced the Minister of Climate Michał Kurtyka.