Poland and climate change: Analysis of Polish climate policy 1988–2010
Poland and climate change: Analysis of Polish climate policy 1988–2010

Summary/Abstract: The analysis discusses the history of environmental policy in Poland from 1988–2010. Primary emphasis is placed on climate policy and the obstacles to formulating a unified National Climate Policy. The main problem of concern is the lack of political will towards such policies dealing with energy and its effect on climate change. The author takes a chronological approach, discussing the uses of hydrocarbon fuels throughout the communist regime, through the fall of communism to the present. The author cites the precedence of economic development as a major hurdle in devising practical environmental protection policy. The author closes by discussing Poland’s need to reduce its emissions in response to growing pressure from the European Union.

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