The international GeoSUSTAIN project has been launched - its focus is on developing an efficient, zero-emission, geothermal-based solution for industrial heating and cooling – fully aligned with the goal of achieving climate-neutral H/C systems by 2050.
Twenty-four civil society organisations (CSOs) – including NGOs, environmental groups, labour unions, and industrial associations – from Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and Latvia have joined a new coalition, which held its kick-off meeting on 26 September 2025. s.
Without the capacity for systems thinking, the state remains merely an administrator of crises rather than an architect of the future.
Despite a pressing economic dependence on carbon-intensive industries and significant potential for carbon management (CM), multiple Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries face challenges in implementing CM strategies and projects due to limited understanding, governance gaps, and low public awareness.
The transport system, although increasingly modern, is still high-carbon in its profile. This is in spite of the concern for a low-emission transport system repeatedly declared and included in strategic documents, states the report ‘Without a Conductor.
Financing the decarbonisation of heavy industry is within the reach of Polish companies, but state support is needed at political, regulatory and financial levels, states the report 'Sustainable Finance as an Opportunity? A Roadmap for Decarbonisation of Polish Heavy Industry' by Kamil Laskowski, analyst at WiseEuropa.
The CCS4CEE project consortium is pleased to invite you to the workshop titled Funding and financing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Central and Eastern Europe.
With the development of RES, which will become the backbone of the electricity system in the coming years, Poland needs to prepare it for their integration.
The manufacturing industry is the most energy intensive sector of Polish economy and one of the greatest emitters. Given that the Polish energy mix is highly reliant on fossil fuels, industrial production has a large CO2 emission footprint owning to the energy uptake.




