POLAND’S CLIMATE POLICY: The strategies for greenhouse gas

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emission reductions in Poland until 2020

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Ministerstwo Środowiska

2005

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LIST OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION 4

2. BASIC PROBLMS AND FACTORS OF POLAND’S CLIMATE POLICY 6

2.1. POLAND’S INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS IN THE FIELD OF CLIMATE CHANGE 7

2.2. THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION 9

2.3. POLICIES AND MEASURES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN POLAND 11

2.3.1. THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLIMATE POLICY 12

2.3.2. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLIMATE POLICY 13

3. THE OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES OF POLAND’S CLIMATE POLICY 18

3.1. THE STRATEGIC GOAL OF THE POLICY 18

3.2. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICY 19

3.2.1. SHORT-TERM OBJECTIVES AND MEASURES (FOR 2003-2006) 19

3.2.2. MEDIUM- AND LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES AND MEASURES (FOR 2007-2012 AND 2013-

2020) 21

4. MEASURES BY SECTORS UNTIL 2020 23

4.1. ENERGY SECTOR 23

4.2. INDUSTRY 25

4.3. TRANSPORT 26

4.4. AGRICULTURE 29

4.5. FORESTRY 31

4.6. WASTE 32

4.6.1. WASTEWATER 33

4.7. THE SECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND HOUSEHOLDS 34

5. THE CHOICE AND MANNER OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIES FOR

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS 35

5.1. CLIMATE POLICY INSTRUMENTS 35

5.1.1. THE AUXILIARY INSTRUMENTS OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL 36

5.1.2. “GREEN CERTIFICATES” 37

6. CLIMATE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS 38

7. THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS 2

8. COSTS AND BENEFITS 2

8.1. SOURCES OF FINANCE 4

9. CONCLUSION 5

ANNEX 1. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 6

ANNEX 2. LIST OF EU DIRECTIVES 11

ANNEX 3. POTENTIAL FOR THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 12

ANNEX 4. PROJECTED EMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN POLAND BY 2020 15