Abstract
The main aim of this paper is to describe the legal instruments of climate protection in Poland. This issue is significant, because for several decades, climate changes and climate protection have been the object of legal regulation, both international, European and domestic.
 The conducted analysis concerns three main legal acts: the Act of 27 April 2001 – Environmental Protection Law, the Act of 9 June 2011 – the Geological and Mining Law as regards CCS, and the Act of 20 February 2015 on Renewable energy (including, to a certain extent, regulations of the Act of 20 May 2016 on Investments in wind power plants). The paper closes with evaluation of present regulations and formulation of de lege ferenda proposals.
Highlights
Climate change is a fact that we cannot discuss, the only thing we can analyse are provisions related to protection of the climate and more gener-In public international law, the key climate protection instrument is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, drawn up in New York on 9 May 1992
The main aim of this paper is to describe the legal instruments of climate protection in Poland
This issue is significant, because for several decades, climate changes and climate protection have been the object of legal regulation, both international, European and domestic
Summary
Climate change is a fact that we cannot discuss, the only thing we can analyse are provisions related to protection of the climate and more gener-. Lack of possibilities (especially political ones) for signing of a new protocol to the Convention meant that it became necessary to search for another formula for a multilateral agreement that would make it possible to integrate measures intended to reduce greenhouse emissions This is why, on 12 December 2015, the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, drawn up in New York on 19 May 1992, was signed. Measures undertaken by the respective states should proceed along two lines: as measures intended to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and as measures conducive to absorption of CO2 The former include introduction of new technologies or increasing the share of renewable energy sources in the energy mix. The latter may involve absorption of carbon dioxide by forests or soil, which in turn will contribute to countering the effects of global problems such as migrations, food safety, access to good quality water and air, or protection of biological diversity
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
