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Methane emissions are a significant component of the global greenhouse gas balance, and reducing them is one of the key elements of strategies to combat climate change. A challenge facing Polish hard coal mines is controlling the level of emissions of this greenhouse gas. This problem is described in numerous scientific publications. This article presents the application of linear programming methods as a tool to support the management of methane emissions from hard coal mines. The aim was to develop an optimisati...

As the climate changes, the EU is experiencing heavier rainfall, harsher storms and rising sea levels. According to the European Environment Agency (EEA), the consequences of fluvial, pluvial and coastal floods in Europe will overall worsen as a result of local and regional increases in intensity and frequency of flooding [1]. The article concerns the indication of the functionality of the available QGIS software in the identification of critical infrastructure objects in Poland and the Czech Republic along with t...

Climate change may increase the frequency and severity of floods in many regions of the world, including Poland and Slovakia. Crises may be caused by, among others: increased rainfall, rapid melting of snow, river floods, and floods in urban areas. The article focuses on the problems occurring in Poland and Slovakia, which will have to adapt their infrastructure and policies to cope with the changing climate and increased flood risk. The article concerns aspects of crisis management using geo-informatic tools in f...

In the era of dynamically changing business environment, planning in an enterprise is a part of decision making process. Therefore, a good prepared action plan is necessary. The rationality of decisions included in the plan depends on the quantity and quality of information available to the decision maker. Enterprises, including coal mines, are a set of interdependent phenomena. For that, we need to create decision support tools, the results of which will be visible in the future. Common tools include methods base...