On 28 September 2021, Vice-Ministers of Climate and Environment, Ireneusz Zyska and Piotr Dziadzio, attended the 7th Polish Geothermal Congress. The discussions focused on development of geothermal energy use in Poland.

Works on the draft “revision the Act on amending the act on renewable energy sources and certain other acts” in the Ministry of Climate and Environments are under way. The purpose of the new solutions is primarily to increase the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the national energy consumption,. They also aim at further promotion of the energy sector development following the ambitions to reduce emissions in the economy and meet the international obligations.

Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment, Edward Siarka, met in Brussels with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski. The discussions focused on the forestry strategy and the forestry management in the EU.

The conference is held on 20-24 September 2021 in Vienna. Due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the event is organised in the hybrid formula. The Head of the Polish delegation participated in the meeting remotely.

On request of the Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka, the President of the Council of Ministers Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Michał Pietrzak the Chief Inspector of Environmental Protection. The new Chief Inspector was nominated on 17 September.

The third meetings of the ministers of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) will be held on 22 and 23 September in Warsaw. More than 100 participants of the event will discuss the priority issues in the area of energy policy, technological innovations, their implementation and investments.

“Establishment of the Lower Silesian Hydrogen Valley will enable innovative industrial undertakings and strategic investment projects based on hydrogen, in close cooperation with the business and scientific environment” – said the Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka when signing the “Letter of intent for the establishment of the Lower Silesian Hydrogen Valley”. The event, that took place on 9 September 2021 in Karpacz, was also attended by the President of the Council of Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment Ireneusz Zyska and the representatives of the industry.

Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment, Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński, attended the informal meeting of the Ministers of Environment of the Visegrad Group, Bulgaria and Romania. The meeting was held on 7 September 2021 in Budapest.

“Digital technologies in the State Forests contribute to protection of forest wildlife. The benefits from using a drone include the immediate inventory and rapid response. We may also monitor the protected species” – said Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment, Edward Siarka during the CYBERSEC Forum in Krynica-Zdrój. This is one of the most influential conferences in Europe, with a mission to strengthen and emphasize the socio-economic capacity of inter-regional cooperation. The Vice-Minister actively attended the panel on the latest technologies in forest management.

Key items of the EU agenda and global climate negotiations, i.e. the Fit for 55 package and COP26 are the leitmotivs of the meeting between the Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka and the Estonian Minister of Environment Tõnis Mölder held on 31 August 2021.