Local Authorities Care for Air And Climate Protection And Its Reflecting in the Expenditure of Communes of the Buski Poviat

Abstrakt

The article deals with the issue of local expenditure on air protection and climate, as an expression of local authorities' concern for these most important environmental problems today. International documents adopted in december 2015 on this issue also echoed in the local space. They intensified the activities of Polish local governments in this matter. The study analyzes the investment activity of local authorities in the field of air and climate protection in the municipalities of the Busko poviat located in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in 2015-2018. It highlights the problem of the still limited financial resources of many smaller municipalities, but also the simple façade of the political declarations of local leaders in relation to subsequent actions. It also sees the problem of residents' access to the gas network as one of the barriers that hinder the energy transformation and help to stop climate change. The main hypothesis of the article is that the level of expenditure of the municipalities of the Busko district on air protection and climate has improved, although it still turns out to be insufficient in relation to the existing needs in this area. Its verification has become possible thanks to the use of financial statements covered by the analysis of local governments and data from the Statistical Office in Kielce.