Ministry of Climate and Environment (Poland)

The Ministry of Climate and Environment (Polish: Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska) is a ministry in the Polish government, established on 6 October 2020.^[1][a] It is headed by Paulina Hennig-Kloska, who has held the position of Minister of Climate and Environment since 13 December 2023.^{[citation needed]} The ministry is also responsible for energy, forestry, and water management.^[4]

Ministry of Climate and Environment

Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska
Headquarters building in Ochota, Warsaw
Agency overview
Formed	6 October 2020 (4 years ago) (2020-10-06)[1][a]
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Climate[1] Ministry of Environment[1] Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Poland
Headquarters	Wawelska Street 52/54, Warsaw, Poland[2] 52.2170°N 20.9912°E / 52.2170; 20.9912
Minister responsible	Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Minister of Climate and Environment[3]
Parent agency	Council of Ministers
Website	https://www.gov.pl/web/climate/

The ministry was created by merging the water management department of the Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation and the environment department of the Ministry of Environment into the former Ministry of Climate.^[1]

List of ministers

	Portrait	Name	Party	Term of Office		Prime minister ( Cabinet)
		Michał Kurtyka	Nonpartisanism	6 October 2020	25 October 2021	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
		Anna Moskwa	Nonpartisanism	26 October 2021	27 November 2023	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
		Anna Łukaszewska-Trzeciakowska	Nonpartisanism	27 November 2023	13 December 2023	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki III)
		Paulina Hennig-Kloska	Poland 2050	13 December	Incumbent	Donald Tusk (Tusk III)

Notes

1. The law establishing the ministry came into force on 7 October 2020, but retroactively set the ministry's date of establishment as 6 October 2020.^[1]