On 23 August 2021, the Minister of Climate and Environment, President of the Polish Athletic Association (PAA) and the Director of the Kampinoski National Park launched the ECOathletes project. The initiative aims at promoting active leisure with family.

On 28 July this year, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, at its 44th Session held on 16 – 31 July 2021 in Fuzhou, China, decided to establish the new World Natural Heritage Site in Poland. The site covers a part of beech forests of the Bieszczadzki National Part of the strictly protected area of nearly 3300 ha, which accounts for approx. 11% of the total Park area. The beech forests are located on the northern slopes of the Polonina Wetlinska and Smerek, in the Border Ridge and Gorna Solinka valley as well as in the Terebowiec and Wolosatka stream valleys. The National Park border forms the buffer zone for the site.

The Act adopted by the Seym on 23 July this year provides for temporary introduction of an additional procedure for obtaining the investment locations justified by the state needs and policy objectives.

Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński attended the valedictory meeting of the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Poland, Werner Almhofer, which was held on 23 July 2021 in the Ministry of Climate and Environment.

Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński attended the meeting with the World Bank representatives, which was held on 15 July 2021 in the Ministry of Climate and Environment.

The safety of Polish energy and raw materials in the era of European Green Deal and Polish New Deal was the theme of the “Sląski Ład” (“Śląsk New Deal”) conference held on 12 July 2021, attended by the Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Guibourgé-Czetwertyński.

Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Jacek Ozoba informed about the first reports of suspected environmental crimes during the press conference held on July 6th, 2021.

On 30 June 2021, the Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Małgorzata Golińska participated in the nomination and the inauguration meeting of the Committee for the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources of the National Development Council appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland.

Noticed a rubbish dump in a nearby forest? Or have you noticed a sudden increase in the number of lorry transports that have started arriving at properties located away from dense residential development, near forests or unused industrial areas? Deputy Climate and Environment Minister Jacek Ozdoba appeals: report it to the Inspectorate of Environmental Protection.

Financing technology and fuels required in energy engineering and climate transformation, development plans for the use of hydrogen in the context of European Union and national strategies, the review of Trans European Energy Networks (TEN-E) were the key issues discussed by the Deputy Ministers for Energy from Poland, Czech Republic Hungary and Slovakia, held on 16 June 2021 as part of the Polish presidency in the Visegrad Group.