Poland is seen as a climate policy laggard and has recently been under a lot of international pressure due to the continued logging of the precious Bialowieza Forest. Meanwhile, the Minister of Environment boasts about the country’s uniquely sustainable forestry practices and introduces Forest Carbon Farms as an innovative tool for climate change mitigation. In an invited column for Poland’s most popular watchdog website, OKO.Press, Dr. Julia Szulecka uncovers the realities and economic interests behind this bombastic climate policy rhetoric, pointing to the close relationship of the State Forests company and the Ministry of Environment.
Julia Szulecka’s guest column on carbon forestry in Poland’s popular watchdog daily