The question of determining the legal situation of the individual in environmental protection law, especially with regard to the formulation of his or her asserted rights and freedoms, has been gaining an increasing legal recognition in recent years. The dynamics of climate change and the successive degradation of the environment, combined with the growing social awareness, have now clearly revealed the need to create a legal system of environmental protection that would enable effective protection of appropriate living conditions for humans not only in the area of public law, but also private law. The practical importance of this problem reflects in the legal issue posed by the District Court in Gliwice and referred to be resolved by the Supreme Court.

The aim of the gloss is to present arguments in favor of the admissibility of formulating a personal right in the form of the right to the environment as a subjective right protecting personal rights related to the environment.