Up to PLN 5 thousand in subsidies for home stormwater or snowmelt retention systems will be available under the new “My Water” programme. The programme is another initiative of the Ministry of Climate and the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management which will invest 100 million in mitigating the effects of drought in Poland. The call for proposals will commence in July.

The Ministry of Climate published drafts of three regulations on connecting microinstallations to power grids, rules of settlements with prosumers and functioning of energy cooperatives. At the same time, the package of regulations was submitted for public consultation, which will be open until 29 May.

The new rendition of the “Clean Air” Programme, which significantly simplifies the procedures for obtaining grants to replace obsolete boilers and insulate homes, starts on 15 May 2020. The new version of the programme gets rid of a lot of red tape, thanks to changed grant application form, which now takes as little time as possible and requires only a couple of necessary attachments.

“Due to the level of ambition, the realisation of this vision is a big challenge for the EU and Poland, but at the same time the level of innovation required to achieve this objective is a big development opportunity for us,” said the Minister of Climate Michał Kurtyka during the opening meeting of the Green Transformation Council, organised by the Lewiatan Confederation. The meeting, which was held in the form of a video-conference, took place on 6 May 2020.

Voluntary Fire Brigades are set to receive more than 125 million PLN for rescue and fire-fighting vehicles as part of the implementation of the National Programme for Financing Emergency Services, established within the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the European Emissions Trading Scheme – the EU ETS, a ‘cap and trade’ system that covers more than 11,000 power plants and production facilities in EU Member States, as well as in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, covering approximately 45% of total EU emissions.

Counteracting climate change in the time of economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic was the main topic of the 11th edition of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue. The meeting, held on 28 April 2020, was attended by the Minister of Climate Michał Kurtyka and Vice-Minister Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the energy sector was the main subject of a video conference of EU energy ministers, which was held on 28 April 2020. The informal EU Council meeting was attended by the Minister of Climate Michał Kurtyka and Vice-Minister Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński.

Yesterday evening, one of the largest transport aircraft in the world - AN 124 Ruslan, loaded with equipment purchased by the Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu touched down in Wrocław. This time, more than 14 million protective masks and 140,000 shoe protectors flew from Shanghai to the distribution hubs of the Material Reserves Agency, from where they will be distributed to entities indicated in the instructions of the Ministry of Health.

Over three million two hundred thousand PLN for the management of clothing items used by medical professionals, paramedics and medical personnel while providing care for persons diagnosed with the coronavirus - that is the total amount allocated by the sixteen Polish Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection and Water Management for the measures against the effects of COVID-19. The initiative is implemented under the patronage of The Material Reserves Agency