Ochrona powietrza przed zanieczyszczeniami – dlaczego w Polsce nie można odetchnąć pełną piersią?

• Authors: Marta Pankowska , Mariusz Gorczyca

Title variants

EN

Protection of Air against Pollution – Why Cannot We Get a Breath of Fresh Air in Poland?

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

At the time when Poland joined the European Union, the quality of the air in the country was far from the European standards. At the moment, the level of certain pollutants in the air is still high, which may result in legal proceedings of the European Union bodies against Poland, and consequent substantial financial charges. What is worse, it is estimated that as many as 45,000 Poles die every year due to air pollution. That is why NIK has decided to conduct an audit aimed at evaluating the activities of public entities undertaken with a view to improving the quality and protection of the air in the period between the year 2008 and the first half of the year 2014. The audit covered: the functioning of air monitoring, the development of air protection programmes by individual bodies of regional self-governments and the performance of tasks set out in these programs by competent self-government bodies, the financing of tasks related to air protection by regional funds for environmental protection and water management, as well as the coordination of activities and cooperation of organisational units with regard to the implementation of protection related measures. The audit was carried out in five regions (Małopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Pomorskie and Śląskie), and it covered 25 auditees.

Keywords

EN

quality of the air; air pollution; air protection programmes; pollutants

• Publisher: Najwyższa Izba Kontroli
• Journal: Kontrola Państwowa
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 3 (362)
• Pages: 60-78

Dates

published

2015-06

Contributors

author

Marta Pankowska

• Najwyższa Izba Kontroli

author

Mariusz Gorczyca

• Najwyższa Izba Kontroli

Identifiers

ISSN

0452-5027