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30.04.2024Twenty years in the EU – changing our environment and our lives for the betterTwenty years ago, we decided to join the EU, a community that shares our values, including our concern for the environment and the fate of our planet. This decision has led to significant positive changes in our environment and our lives. These changes, which we should be proud of, have become an integral part of our everyday life, making it difficult to imagine life without them. As we mark the anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union, let us not only remember these changes but also celebrate our achievements together!
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29.04.2024New website of Polish National ParksPoland's 23 national parks have a new face. Their business cards include modern websites and the so-called Main Gate of the Polish National Parks, a website showing the natural and cultural heritage of these most valuable areas.
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22.04.2024EUR 250 million from the World Bank for the development of the 'Clean Air' ProgrammeThe World Bank is supporting the development of the 'Clean Air' Programme. On 18 April 2024, Poland finalised a loan agreement with the World Bank, which means an injection of EUR 250 million into the state budget and further advisory support from World Bank experts for the 'Clean Air' Priority Programme (PPCP).
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11.04.2024Energy security of the Baltic Sea countries – the Polish stance on the matter'We must be cautious and effectively identify and eliminate all potential threats to energy security. Resilience against sabotage of critical infrastructure is currently one of the priority issues, also in Poland,' said Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Miłosz Motyka during the conference 'The Baltic Sea High Level Energy Security Meeting.'
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11.04.2024First nuclear power plant on schedule – meeting between Minister of Climate and Environment and estinghouse Chief Executive OfficerEveryone cares that Poland's first nuclear power plant is built on time - this is what Paulina Hennig-Kloska discussed with Patrick Fragman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Westinghouse Electric Company, the supplier of US technology for Poland's first nuclear power plant. The meeting took place on 10 April 2024 at the ministry's headquarters.
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03.04.2024Polish-US cooperation on nuclear energy developmentThe future of Poland's nuclear power industry, the potential of the newly opened Regional Clean Energy Training Center, and further cooperation between Poland and the US in the field of energy were discussed by Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Miłosz Motyka and Dr Michael Goff – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the US Department of Energy, one of the two most important US nuclear officials. The bilateral meeting took place during the grand opening of the Center mentioned above on 3 April 2024 within the walls of the Warsaw University of Technology.
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03.04.2024Opening of the Polish-American Regional Clean Energy Training CenterDeputy Minister of Climate and Environment Miłosz Motyka, US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski and Michael Goff of the US Department of Energy officially inaugurated the Polish-American Regional Clean Energy Training Center (CETC). On 3 April 2024, the Warsaw University of Technology held an inaugural nuclear training session. The opening was also attended by the Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology, Professor Krzysztof Zaremba, the President of the State Atomic Energy Agency, Andrzej Głowacki, and the Director General of the Chamber of Commerce for Energy and Environmental Protection, Bogdan Pilch.
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29.03.2024Strengthening relations with Ukraine. Agreement on the energy cooperation signedJoint action on energy security, as well as the restoration of Ukraine's natural resources and elements of its flora and fauna, and the issue of starting negotiations on a bilateral agreement on environmental impact assessments in a transboundary context were the topics of talks between Minister of Climate and Environment Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Deputy Ministers Mikołaj Dorożała and Maciej Bando with the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources and the Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine. The agreement on Polish-Ukrainian cooperation in the field of energy (the so-called Memorandum of Understanding) was signed during meetings with representatives of the Ukrainian side on 28 March 2024 at the Ministry's headquarters.
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26.03.2024Deputy Minister Krzysztof Bolesta at the EU Environment (ENVI) Council meetingThe issues addressed at the EU Environment Council meeting held on 25 March 2024 in Brussels included the Waste Framework Directive, the reduction of microplastic pollution, an exchange of views on the 2040 EU climate target and a just transition. Mr. Krzysztof Bolesta, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment, participated in the meeting.
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22.03.2024The Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Polish part of the Białowieża Forest World Heritage Site has been completedOn 22 March 2024, the experts of the World Heritage Centre (WHC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) completed their Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Polish part of the Białowieża Forest World Heritage Site.