Air quality improvement is a priority for the Polish government and the Ministry of Environment, which is why on the 19th of September 2018, we launched the “Clean Air” priority programme, which encompasses subsidies for thermal modernisation of single-family homes, as well as replacement of heating systems. Its implementation is planned until 2029.

On the 13th of May, Minister Henryk Kowalczyk inaugurated the Polish edition of the EU Green Week, which was opened with an expert conference held at the University of Warsaw Library.

“The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management is spearheading the system of financing environmental protection in Poland. Throughout 30 years of its activity, it earmarked nearly 96 billion zlotys in total on activities aimed to improve the condition of the environment, and the result of its financing for projects can be seen throughout the country,” said Minister of Environment Henryk Kowalczyk during a conference commemorating the 30th anniversary of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW).

The vision of a climate-neutral economy and the greening of the European Semester were among the main topics of the meeting of the EU Council for the Environment (ENVI), attended by Sławomir Mazurek, Vice-Minister of Environment. The meeting took place on the 5th of March in Brussels.

Vice-Minister Sławomir Mazurek was one of the special guests of the 1st Cogeneration Congress in Kazimierz Dolny. The Vice-Minister took part in a discussion panel entitled “Cogeneration 2.0,” which tackled issues such as district heating, as well as improving air quality.

New business opportunities resulting from the climate policy and Just Transition were the main topics of the Warsaw Climate and Energy Talks – a Polish–German conference, attended by Minister of Environment Henryk Kowalczyk, Vice-Minister Michał Kurtyka, President of COP24 and German State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Jochen Flasbarth.

The participation in the Clean Energy Ministerial conference and a study visit to the International CCS Knowledge Centre were the main objectives of the visit of Vice-Minister Michał Kurtyka to Canada, which took place on the 28th to 31st of May 2019.

During the recently concluded summit of Ministers of Environment of the Visegrad Group V4 countries, the representatives debated about the methods of protecting pollinating insects, as well as issues related to beneficial solutions for waste management system.

From the 30th to 31st of May, Minister Henryk Kowalczyk and Vice-Minister Małgorzata Golińska visited Belarus with the aim of extending and developing Polish-Belarusian bilateral relations in three key areas: protection of the Białowieża Forest, the procedure of environmental impact assessment and common water resources.

On the 22nd of May, Belweder hosted a meeting summing up a series of conferences on the “Prospects for the Rural Population.”