Republic of Poland: Selected Issues
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 1, 2023
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Bibliographic details
- Published: June 1, 2023
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400244612.002
Overview and scope
- Focuses on balancing decarbonization with energy security in Poland.
- Describes the evolution and challenges related to the energy security situation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Poland over the last decades in the context of EU climate agenda.
- Analyzes possible decarbonization paths and implications for energy import dependency.
- Pages: 50
- Volume: 2023
- Issue: 190
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400244612.002
- ISBN: 9798400244612
- ISSN: 1934-7685
Key findings and statistics
- Despite increasing consumption of imported fossil fuels, Poland has managed to decouple economic growth from carbon emissions.
- The energy dependency of Poland is well below the EU average, due to a high reliance on domestic coal.
- Coal accounts for 72 percent of coal-fired power generation.
- Fossil fuel imports are the main source of risk for energy security, while also being responsible for almost half of energy-related CO2 emissions.
- Decarbonizing the power sector will not directly contribute to energy security, but it can be achieved without endangering it.
Scenarios and economic implications
- Poland-specific policy scenarios assume significant changes in the electricity mix and varying degrees of decarbonization ambition.
- Economic outcomes, in particular for employment, depend on how carbon tax receipts are spent.
Policy conclusions and implications
- The objectives of energy security and decarbonization can be aligned.
- Policies to shift away from imported fossil fuels will benefit both climate mitigation and energy security.
- Managing the use of carbon tax receipts is a key determinant of the distributional and employment impacts of decarbonization policies.
International Monetary Fund. European Dept. "Republic of Poland: Selected Issues", IMF Staff Country Reports 2023, 190 (2023), accessed 9/6/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400244612.002
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- Republic of Poland: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 23/190; May 10, 2023