Constitutional guarantees on the field of clean environment and the position of the individual

Abstract

The right to (a clean) environment, along with the right to (a clean) air, seems to engage public debate with increasing intensity. Awareness of the damage that human has made over the years, reflects on the need to take action to offset the effects of human interference in the environment. If and if so, what are the national and international tendencies to protect what can be still protected and to save what can be still saved? How can constitutional guarantees of a clean environment be interpreted, and finally, what is the position of the individual towards these guarantees and towards corrective tendencies implemented under (inter)national programs. The purpose of the article is an attempt to approach the answer to the question to what extent a person can effectively require the state to implement its constitutional right under Article 74 of the Constitution od Poland and to what extent care for this environment should be understood as the duty of the individual. Where should the center of gravity be placed in the form of efficiency of actions on the right-duty line.