The European Commission has published a second review of environmental implementation as part of an initiative launched in 2016 to improve the implementation of European environmental policy and commonly agreed principles in all EU Member States.
The review presents the state of environmental policy and implementation in each EU country and identifies the causes of implementation gaps.
In Poland, since the review of the implementation of environmental policy in 2017, there has been no progress in improving air quality.
Targets for 2019 are clear, in the context of the development of an appropriate national air pollution abatement programme (NAPP), action should be taken to reduce the main sources of emissions and all air quality standards should be met.
Emissions and concentrations of particulate matter (PM2,5 and PM10) and benzo(a)pyrene should be significantly reduced, houses should be connected to the district heating network and financial support should be provided for the replacement of sub-standard domestic central heating boilers with low-emission stoves and heat sources using renewable energy sources.
Reduce more rapidly emissions and concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by reducing emissions from transport, in particular by introducing traffic restrictions in urban areas, establishing a tax system linked to emission levels, etc. And reduce the use of coal for domestic heating to reduce air pollutant emissions, building for example on the initiative for mining regions in transition.