B. Slusarczyk Impact of Eu Environmental Policy on Polish Iron and Steel Industry

Dynamic changes in world climate are an increasingly worrying trend today since their consequences might be very serious to the societies worldwide. Proper analysis of this problem and taking preventive political measures are currently one of the biggest developmental challenges to the world, particularly in terms of reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Poland’s international obligations concerning climate change result from resolutions imposed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes established in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997. Poland has been a party to the Convention since 1994 and ratified the Kyoto Protocol in December 2002. Therefore the country is obliged, among other things, to 1 : 1. develop and implement national strategies to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases in consideration of economic and administrative mechanisms and also to periodical control of implementation of the strategies; 2. provide emissions inventory, capture greenhouse gases each year and to monitor changes in emissions; 3. prepare long-term scenarios for reduction in emissions for all economic sectors; 4. carry out scientific research on climate change problems; 5. prepare periodical governmental reports for the Conference of the Parties containing detailed information about fulfilment of the abovementioned obligations.