The 2011-12 emission allowances tax has been abolished by Parliament, only a week after it was suspended by the Constitutional Court.

The 2011-12 tax on emission allowances has been suspended until the Constitutional Court rules on its constitutionality.

As of 1 July 2012, in Slovakia operators of facilities performing environmentally-hazardous occupational activities will have to provide proof of financial coverage for any liabilities arising from environmental damage caused by their activities.

According to estimates and preliminary studies, there are approximately 30,000 potential sources of pollution in Slovakia.

The fight against global climate change reached the next level this February when the Kyoto Protocol came into effect. Under the international treaty, the European community agreed to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 8 percent below its 1990 levels starting in 2008. One of the elements of the EU's combat strategy in this environmental effort is emissions trading.