The Reform Institute, in cooperation with Agnieszka Smolenska, PhD and Pawel Tokarski, PhD, has prepared a report covering new factors that affect the discussion on the euro adoption in Poland.

On 20 July 2023, the second Reform Institute Roundtable on the update of the National Energy and Climate Plan and the Polish Energy Policy until 2040 took place. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Climate and Environment and numerous stakeholders and experts.

The Reform Institute was a partner of the Third National Roundtable on Energy Efficiency Financing in Poland.

NGOs are calling on the government to launch a transparent, open, and structured dialogue around further work on updating the Polish National Energy and Climate Plan.

Energy producers and users together with think tanks call for the potential of green electrification to be included in the currently updated Polish strategic documents.

The Reform Institute, together with the International Group of Chambers of Commerce, held a meeting to discuss the current status of work and possible forms of international cooperation in the field of green electrification in Poland.

The European Climate Neutrality Observatory (ECNO) aims to help ensure the EU achieves climate neutrality by providing scientifically rigorous analysis of economy-wide progress and an independent check on EU climate policy processes.

Over the past year, we have been analyzing key cross-sectoral challenges in the field of green electrification of the Polish economy, which combines the development of RES and increasing the share of electricity in final energy consumption.

In the report summarizing the project Unpacking REPowerEU, we indicate the basic assumptions of the REPowerEU plan, its key pillars, the state of implementation one year after the announcement as well as collective recommendations for Poland and the entire European Union.

Decarbonisation of the construction industry is particularly important for the European Union in achieving climate neutrality. However, this process brings challenges for entrepreneurs of this traditionally material- and carbon-intensive sector. The Reform Institute and the Union of Employers – Manufacturers of Construction Materials organised a Roundtable on decarbonisation strategies for the construction industry.

In mid-April 2023, the Reform Institute organised a roundtable focused on the update of the Polish National Energy and Climate Plan - a document which should comprehensively define the means of achieving the country's energy and climate goals by 2030.

In the report Challenges and opportunities for the electrification of heavy road transport in Poland prepared for the Electric Vehicles Promotion Foundation (FPPE) by Deloitte Poland and the Reform Institute, we analyze the most important issues related to the decarbonisation of the sector in Poland and Europe.

This paper analyses Poland’s National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). The NECP should act as one of the country’s main planning documents, an important reference point for national strategies and programmes concerning broadly understood energy transition and climate protection.

At the end of December 2022, the negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council concerning additional financial resources for projects under the REPowerEU plan aimed at improving energy security in Europe, came to an end. Obtaining further support depends on the presentation of the new chapter of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), encompassing investments and reforms consistent with the REPowerEU goals. To effectively utilise these resources, the Polish government should urgently commence work on the new chapter.

Socio-political analysis of energy poverty in Warsaw report, prepared by the Polish Green Network and the Reform Institute, places particular emphasis on the socio-economic context of Warsaw and provides recommendations to mitigate and counteract energy poverty.

We are pleased to announce that Reform Institute has become a partner of the CEE Sustainable Finance Summit. The CEE Sustainable Finance Summit happening between 15 - 19 May 2023 in Prague is the largest specialised hybrid event focused on sustainability in finance and business in Central and Eastern European (CEE) region.

By 2040 Poland can achieve 100 GW in renewables capacities, double the targets currently signalled by the government. This requires an ambitious revision of the Polish energy policy.

The transition to climate neutrality requires smart use of the hydrogen economy potential. This applies in particular to pioneering investments at the local and regional level. Therefore, as part of the EU Clean Hydrogen Partnership, local and regional governments will receive support via the Project Development Assistance formula.

The REPowerEU plan assumes an additional acceleration of the pace of the energy transformation based on renewable energy and improving energy efficiency compared to the initial proposals under the Fit for 55 package. Such shift is necessary to rapidly make the EU independent of gas imports from Russia, while maintaining the 55% GHG emission reduction target by 2030. The concept of fossil gas as a transition fuel which could replace coal in response to carbon pricing pressure is being abandoned. This increases the role of regulatory changes required to unlock the potential of renewables and transition directly from coal to zero-emission sources, in line with the coal to green logic.

Energy modernisation of buildings in Poland is crucial for climate protection, improvement of the country's energy security and the fight against energy poverty. The report Effective instruments supporting comprehensive energy modernisation of buildings in Poland prepared by the Reform Institute for the Polish Renovation Wave presents a number of detailed recommendations for adjusting the national support framework for the renovation of single-family and public buildings.

Reform Institute supported cooperation between the Polish and Dutch offshore wind industry by preparing an overview of current state of play and outlook in the offshore wind energy sector in Poland. The report was presented in June 2022 during the trade mission from Netherlands to Poland organised by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Warsaw.

Discussions about the “Clean Air” Programme so far have overlooked the importance of investments in thermal renovation and the possibility to make the heating of Polish buildings fully independent from fossil fuels. The report of the Reform Institute Investing in energy efficiency: an exception or a rule in the “Clean Air” Programme? fills this gap. It presents a comprehensive overview of how funds have been spent and what needs to change in the future.