Highlights:

• Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Urszula Zielińska stressed the importance of synchronising the Baltic States' systems with the continental European electricity system for the security of the region. 
• An effective energy transition requires infrastructure modernisation, diversification of supply and close regional cooperation, which increases the resilience and energy security of the entire region. 

During the debate with Gabiel Gorbačevski, Deputy Minister for Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, Urszula Zielińska shared her experience on energy transition and the development of the renewable energy sector in Poland and discussed the challenges that decarbonisation poses for competitiveness and the opportunities it offers. 

The Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment emphasised that Poland and Lithuania are now facing a triple challenge: reducing energy costs, protecting security of supply and accelerating decarbonisation through the dynamic development of renewable energy sources. 

She also drew attention to strategic issues related to the energy transition. She emphasised that to successfully carry out the transition, we must modernise and protect our energy infrastructure, invest heavily in RES, diversify supplies and cooperate regionally. 

We need to further accelerate decarbonisation through long-term renewable energy supply contracts, investing in grids, storage and flexibility mechanisms, and using digitalisation and energy efficiency to reduce costs. This will protect consumers and the industry

– said Deputy Minister for Climate and Environment Urszula Zielińska. 

In her speech, Minister Urszula Zielińska also highlighted that, in light of new challenges, energy policy and energy security today require a comprehensive approach and close regional cooperation. 

Regional cooperation increases resilience and reduces costs. The successful synchronisation of the Baltic States' energy systems with the electricity system of continental Europe was a key milestone for the Baltic States and Europe, strengthening energy resilience and independence across the region

– said Minister Zielińska.

She also highlighted the threat of disinformation, which poses a major challenge to the region's energy transition. For this reason, the Polish Presidency of the EU Council sought to strengthen the fight against energy and climate disinformation. 

During her visit to Vilnius on 11–12 December 2025, Deputy Minister Urszula Zielińska also held bilateral talks with the Deputy Ministers for Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, Gabriel Gorbačevski and Airidas Daukšas. The talks focused on strengthening energy security in the region, including cooperation in the development of RES. 

Minister Zielińska also met with Povilas Poderskis, Chancellor at the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania. During the meeting, they discussed in particular the concept of the ‘Nature for Security and Resilience’ project – a nature-based solution to improve security in the EU’s eastern border regions. 

The Baltic Energy Forum is an annual event dedicated to the key challenges and directions of European and regional energy policy. 

This year's Forum focused on the priorities and challenges of the European energy strategy, regional cooperation between the Baltic States, Poland and Germany, the protection of critical infrastructure and the development of RES. 

The aim of the event was to identify challenges and common interests in EU energy policy and to highlight the importance of regional cooperation in ensuring energy security and building resilience.