TY - JOUR N2 - It is widely known and accepted that the global climate is changing with unprecedented speed. Climate models project increasing temperatures and changes in precipitation regimes which will alter the frequency, magnitude, and geographic distribution of climate-related hazards including flood, drought and heat waves. In the mining industry, climate change impacts are an area of research around the world, mostly in relation to the mining industry in Australia and Canada, where mining policies and mitigation actions based on the results of this research were adopted and applied. In Poland, there is still a lack of research on how climate change, and especially extreme weather events, impacts mining activity. This impact may be of particular importance in Poland, where the mining industry is in the process of intensive transition. The paper presents an overview of hazardous events in mining in Poland that were related to extreme weather phenomena. The needs and recommended actions in the scope of mitigating the impact of future climate change on mining in all stages of its functioning were also indicated. The presented analyses and conclusions are the results of the first activities in the TEXMIN project: The impact of extreme weather events on mining activities, identifying the most important factors resulting from climate change impact on mining. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/117229/PDF/Archiwum-65-3-16-Janson.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/117229 PY - 2020 IS - No 3 EP - 717 DO - 10.24425/ams.2020.134142 KW - climate change KW - mining activity KW - extreme weather events KW - climate change impacts on coal mining KW - transition of coal regions A1 - Janson, Ewa A1 - Markowska, Małgorzata A1 - Łabaj, Paweł A1 - Wrana, Aleksander A1 - Zawartka, Paweł PB - Committee of Mining PAS VL - vol. 65 DA - 2020.08.31 T1 - A Preliminary Assessment of Climate Change Impacts – Implications for Mining Activity in Polish Coal Regions SP - 703 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117229 T2 - Archives of Mining Sciences ER -