Goal 15 - Life on land

Measurements for the needs of calculating national indicator were started in 2010. According to the above the national average exposure indicator for 2010 was calculated as the arithmetic mean of the average annual PM2.5 concentrations in 2011. The index for 2011 was calculated as the arithmetic mean of the average annual PM2.5 concentrations in 2010-2011 in 2012. For 2012 and subsequent years, the national average exposure indicator is calculated as the arithmetic average of the average annual PM2,5 concentrations from the last three years (eg for 2015 the indicator was calculated in 2016 as the arithmetic mean of the average annual PM2,5 concentrations for 2013-2015).

For the purposes of calculating national indicator, 30 measuring stations were created whose locations were approved by the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection. Measuring stations are located in areas with a very high population density remote from dust emission sources. In cities over 100,000 inhabitants and agglomerations not exceeding 1 million inhabitants, these measurements are carried out on one measuring station. In the Warsaw Agglomeration and the Upper Silesian Agglomeration, measurements are carried out on two measurement stations. Detailed information on the location of air pollutant measuring stations PM2,5 for the purposes of calculating KW are included in voivodship environmental monitoring programs. Measurements are made using low-flow PM2.5 dust collectors, i.e. the reference method by voivodships inspectorates for environmental protection. Measurements are carried out continuously.

Data concern agglomeration areas and cities over 100,000. residents.
Objectives for Poland to achieve PM2,5 exposure resulting from Directive 2008/50 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ L 152 from 11.06.2008, p.1), transposed into Polish law:
- by 2015 - reaching the exposure concentration ceiling, i.e. KW at 20 g / m3 (air quality standard);
- by 2020 - achieving the national exposure reduction target, i.e. KW at 18 g / m3.
The value of the national index (KW) for the previous year is reported to the European Commission annually (in accordance with the EC Decision 2011/850 / EU of December 12, 2011 laying down rules for the application of Directives 2004/107 / EC and 2008/50 / EC of the European Parliament and Council with regard to the mutual information exchange system and reports on ambient air quality). The first value of KW calculated on the basis of measurements of PM2,5 dust from 2010-2012 was sent to the EC in 2013 and related to 2012.