TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇵🇱 Poland
World rank #27 · Europe · Same as 85 million cars driven for a year
85 million
cars driven for a year
391 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
falling −2.2%/yr
Poland ranks #27 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 391 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.EuropeContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#27 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
53PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA= 7.9M cars/yr36.1 Mt CO₂eNEW298ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo= 2.6M cars/yr11.7 Mt CO₂eNEW328ORLEN SA= 1.9M cars/yr8.6 Mt CO₂eNEW338ArcelorMittal Poland SA= 1.6M cars/yr7.3 Mt CO₂eNEW395JSW Group= 1.6M cars/yr7.4 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (38)
412PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA= 2M cars/yr9 Mt CO₂eNEW518PGE Energia Ciepła SA= 1.4M cars/yr6.4 Mt CO₂eNEW540Polska Grupa Górnicza SA= 1.1M cars/yr4.9 Mt CO₂eNEW564ENEA SA= 1.2M cars/yr5.5 Mt CO₂eNEW583PKN ORLEN= 906k cars/yr4.2 Mt CO₂eNEW602PGE Zespol Elek Dolna Odra SA= 707k cars/yr3.3 Mt CO₂eNEW666TAURON Wytwarzanie SA= 969k cars/yr4.5 Mt CO₂eNEW667Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA= 826k cars/yr3.8 Mt CO₂eNEW891PGNiG Termika SA= 548k cars/yr2.5 Mt CO₂eNEW892Grupa Azoty SA= 483k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW912Południowy Koncern Węglowy SA= 476k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1006Resinvest Energy Polska SP zoo= 485k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1092Veolia Energia Polska SA= 340k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW1145Cementownia Warta SA= 260k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1183Zespół Elektrociepłowni Wrocławskich Kogeneracja SA= 293k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1277Energa SA= 233k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1294CEMEX Polska SP zoo= 183k cars/yr840.8 kt CO₂eNEW1322Synthos Dwory 7 SP zoo= 155k cars/yr714.8 kt CO₂eNEW1341KWK Sośnica Branch= 123k cars/yr567.2 kt CO₂eNEW1346Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów Adamów Konin SA= 351k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW1386Tameh Holding SP zoo= 136k cars/yr626.3 kt CO₂eNEW1417Veolia Energia Łódź SA= 155k cars/yr712.2 kt CO₂eNEW1486Dyckerhoff Polska SP zoo= 121k cars/yr556.7 kt CO₂eNEW1515Polenergia SA= 83.6k cars/yr384.5 kt CO₂eNEW1539KWK Murcki-Staszic Branch= 77.9k cars/yr358.3 kt CO₂eNEW1540Bumech SA= 101k cars/yr463.7 kt CO₂eNEW1544TAURON Cieplo SP zoo= 91.3k cars/yr419.9 kt CO₂eNEW1548Górażdże Cement SA= 86.5k cars/yr397.7 kt CO₂eNEW1549Cement Ozarow SA= 86.4k cars/yr397.4 kt CO₂eNEW1560KWK Ruda Branch= 89.1k cars/yr409.8 kt CO₂eNEW1565Mondi Swiecie SA= 81.4k cars/yr374.4 kt CO₂eNEW1569Enea Ciepło SP zoo= 79.2k cars/yr364.4 kt CO₂eNEW1578Holcim Polska SA= 119k cars/yr546.8 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belchatow power station | Power | 25.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Kozienice power station | Power | 11.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Opole power station | Power | 8.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Turów power station | Power | 8.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| ArcelorMittal Dąbrowa Górnicza steel plant | Manufacturing | 7.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Polaniec power station | Power | 5.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Jaworzno power station | Power | 4.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Zeran power station | Power | 3.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| LW Bogdanka Coal Mine | Fossil Fuels | 3.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Orlen Mazovian Petrochemical Plock Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 3.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Dolna Odra power station | Power | 3.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Poland_Northern Carpathians_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 3.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Rybnik power station | Power | 2.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Lotos Gdansk Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Siekierki power station | Power | 2.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting better, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population