Author: Aleksandra Sobczak

Aleksandra Sobczak is deputy editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza and Head of strategy and development in Wyborcza.pl. Her career in journalism started in Polish public television TVP, as a reporter at the economic desk.

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climate change Future Green Society

Can Extreme Weather Flip Views On Climate Change? Fear And Hope From Flooded Poland

​A woman stands in a flooded apartment in Lewin Brzeski in southern Poland.
A woman stands in a flooded apartment in Lewin Brzeski in southern Poland where a storm caused heavy rains and flooding. Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/ZUMA

Along with much of central Europe, Poland has experienced large scale flooding that has impacted the country’s infrastructure, budget, and sense of safety. Will this tragedy change the way Poles view climate change?

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Geopolitics Migrant Lives

The Poland-Belarus Border: One More Migrant Crisis In Search Of Common Sense

The Poland-Belarus Border: One More Migrant Crisis In Search Of Common Sense
A Syrian man on the Belarusian side of the border wall waits for help. Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/ZUMA

Ongoing since 2021, the Polish-Belarusian border crisis has escalated in recent months. As some want to push all migrants away and others say let them all in, Poland must have a system for allowing people to apply for entry — both for humanitarian and economic reasons.

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