Press
Contact for journalists
Send a press enquiry
We will be happy to help and answer your questions as soon as possible. Please contact us by email at media@klimat.gov.pl or by phone:
- (+48 22) 36-92-838
- (+48 22) 36-92-038
- (+48 22) 36-91-298
- (+48 22) 36-91-277
- (+48 22) 36-91-383
- (+48 22) 36-91-279
- (+48 22) 36-92-168
Our e-mail address: media@klimat.gov.pl is intended exclusively for representatives of the press and electronic media. Other matters can be dealt with more quickly and efficiently by writing to: info@klimat.gov.pl.
Accreditation for conferences and events
We provide accreditation for conferences through the Polish government's media service system, Press Room. We invite you to register; we regularly send information about current events and announcements to the media database. Our Ministry also uses this system to provide additional press materials and announcements.
Media contact
Please feel free to contact us – we are happy to assist with recordings and arranging interviews with the Ministry of Climate and Environment leadership.
Press officer:
Marek Pogorzelski
Mobile: +48 532 447 948, e-mail: media@klimat.gov.pl
Contact for interviews, media appearances and videos
We will be happy to help you arrange an interview and recording with the Ministry of Climate and Environment leadership or experts. Please send us an email with information about the format and main topics for the interview, and we will try to find a convenient time for the conversation. Send your request to: media@klimat.gov.pl.
Follow the Ministry of Climate and Environment on social media
We encourage you to follow us on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Protection of personal data
Information clause for journalists in relation to personal data processing by the Ministry of Climate and Environment for the purpose of disclosure of public information or media coverage
Pursuant to Article 13(1) and (2) and Article 14(1) and (2) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 04/05/2016, p. 1, as amended), hereinafter referred to as the GDPR, I would like to inform as below:
Identity of the Controller
The Controller of your personal data is the Minister of Climate and Environment.
You can contact us in the following ways:
by regular mail to the address: ul. Wawelska 52/54, 00-922 Warszawa
through the electronic mailbox: /mos/skrytka
via e-mail: info@klimat.gov.pl
by telephone: +48 22 36 92 900.
Contact details of the Data Protection Officer
The accuracy of the processing of your personal data is supervised by the Data Protection Officer (DPO) appointed by the Controller, who can be contacted:
by regular mail to the address: ul. Wawelska 52/54, 00-922 Warszawa
through the electronic mailbox: /mos/skrytka
via e-mail: inspektor.ochrony.danych@klimat.gov.pl
Only matters related to the processing of your data by the Controller, including the exercise of your rights under the GDPR should be referred to the DPO.
Source of data origin
Whenever your data has not been made available directly by you, it has been acquired directly from you or from the press agency/media group you cooperate with or from publicly available sources, such as, but not limited to, the websites of press offices, press, social media.
Categories of personal data processed:
- first name and surname,
- e-mail address,
- telephone number,
- name and/or address and/or other contact details (telephone number, e-mail address) of the editorial office/publishing house a journalist cooperates with.
Purposes of personal data processing and legal basis
Your personal data will be processed:
- for the purpose of responding to press enquiries and media coverage
- for the purpose of fulfilment of the obligation to archive documents
1 Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR in connection with Article 3a of the Act of 26 January 1984 on Press Law (consolidated text, Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1914).
2 Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR in connection with the provisions of the Act of 14 July 1983 on National Archival Resources and Archives (consolidated text, Journal of Laws of 2020, item 164) and the Office Instructions in force at the Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Data recipients or categories of data recipients
Your personal data is shared with an entity processing personal data on behalf of the Controller under the agreement concluded for the entrustment of the processing of personal data (the so-called processor), i.e. a company providing IT services.
Your personal data may be made available to bodies authorised under the provisions of commonly applicable law, but they do not constitute recipients of data within the meaning of the provisions of the GDPR.
Period of personal data retention
Your personal data will be stored for the period necessary for the purpose of processing, i.e. disclosure of public information or media coverage, requests for public information, requests for providing public sector information for re-use, replies to inquiries; decisions refusing the provision public information will be subsequently stored for a period of 10 years on the basis of the Office Instructions in force at the Ministry of Climate and Environment (archival category B10) and the provisions of the Act of 14 July 1983 on National Archival Resources and Archives.
Rights granted in relation to personal data processing
You shall have the following rights:
- the right to access your data and to obtain a copy thereof,
- the right to rectification your data,
- the right to restrict the processing of your data.
To exercise the foregoing rights, please contact us or our Data Protection Officer (contact details are provided above).
- the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) (ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warszawa) if you believe that we are processing your data unlawfully.
Information on personal data transfer to third countries
We do not transfer your data to third countries.
Information on automated decision-making
Your personal data is not subject to automated decision-making, including profiling.
Information on the discretion or obligation to provide personal data
The provision of your data is voluntary, however, failure to provide the data to the extent required by the Controller will result in the inability to handle your case, as well as to verify your status as a journalist by the Minister of Climate and Environment.