The Poland Country Climate and Development Report is structured as follows. Chapter 1 examines Poland's development and growth prospects in light of the challenges, and the opportunities, brought by decarbonization and resilience. Chapter 2 assesses the country's policies and institutional capacities to address the challenges arising from the transition and physical climate impacts. Chapter 3 explores the country's options to speed up the pace of CLIMAdecarbonization as well as the challenges faced by agriculture and water- sectors crucial to Poland's current and future prosperity - in building climate resilience. Chapter 4 assesses the macroeconomic impacts and benefits from the transition, with a specific focus on just transition aspects, the role of the private sector, and financial markets. The final chapter lays out prioritized policy and investment recommendations stemming from the report findings and organized according to three policy packages: A) aligning policies and institutions to enablepublic and private sector action; B) setting the economy on an NZ2050 trajectory; and C) enhancing the resilience of people and firms (Table 5.2). The analysis underlying each specific recommendation is cross-referenced (for example, A1; A2; B1) above and in the main body of the report.
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/11/05
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Poland - Country Climate and Development Report
- Pages
- 146
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- PL-Poland - Country Climate And Development Report -- P500551
- Unit Owning
- ECA Regional Director (SCADR)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- COUNTRY CLIMATE 3
- AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 3
- POLAND 3
- Table of Contents 5
- Acknowledgments 9
- Abbreviations 11
- Executive Summary 13
- 2. Achieving NZ2050 will require substantial investments in expanding carbon sinks and a comprehensive transformation of the energy system 16
- 3. Targeted adaptation investments can protect people and firms and preserve the GDP gains derived from full decarbonization 19
- 4. Households and labor markets impacts will be geographically and sectorally differentiated 21
- 5. The transition brings significant private sector opportunities but readiness lags 24
- 6. Enhancing resilience and fully decarbonizing the economy calls for significant investments but will deliver net gains 25
- 7. Easing the political economy constraints to the transition 28
- Chapter 1 31
- Polands Prosperity in a Changing Climate 31
- 1.1. Securing competitiveness and inclusion in a decarbonizing world 32
- 1.2 Climate proofing Polands economy and society 36
- Chapter 2 39
- Policies and Institutions 39
- 2.1. Closing the climate policy gap 40
- 2.2 Policies and institutions for private sector action 42
- 2.3 Institutional barriers to climate-oriented reform and investments 45
- Chapter 3 49
- Decarbonization and Resilience 49
- 3.1. A net zero economy by 2050 50
- 3.2. Shielding the economy and citizens from climate risks 66
- Chapter 4 75
- Growth Finance and Inclusion 75
- 4.1. Shaping a competitive economy and a just transition 76
- 4.2. Protecting and preparing people 83
- 4.3. Financing the transition 91
- Chapter 5 99
- Recommended Policies and Investments for the Transition 99
- Annexes 109
- Annex 1. Selecting Climate Scenarios 110
- Annex 2. Macroeconomic Modeling and Assumptions 112
- Annex 3. Modeling Climatic Shocks and Adaptation 114
- Annex 4. Methodology of the World Banks Poland Energy System Model 120
- Annex 5. Assessing the Impacts of Decarbonization on Polands Air Quality 122
- Annex 6 Mitigation and Adaptation Investments by Decade 127
- References 139
