Poland is the only EU member state yet to commit to reaching climate neutrality by 2050. If Poland wants to prepare for the negative impacts of climate change and retain its economic competitiveness, it needs to start by adopting its own climate law. The government is slowly but surely making glacial progress in reducing its reliance on dirty and expensive fossil fuels. Poland relies heavily on the most potent of fossil fuels, with coming from coal. The Polish government foresees coal mining continuing until 2049 — a complete rebuke of scientists who have repeatedly said coal needs to be urgently phased out. Meanwhile, the uptake of renewables has been slow.