In this manuscript, studies of catalytic activity in two environmental processes were performed: NO reduction with NH 3 (DeNO x process) and N 2 O decomposition over the commercial CHA zeolite. In the first part of the studies, the parent CHA zeolite was modified with different contents of copper (1, 5, 10 and 15%) by wet impregnation, and optimum Cu loading was chosen. In the second part of the studies, CHA was modified by the use of different bases and acids (NaOH, TPAOH (tetrapropylammonium hydroxide), HCl, and Na 2 H 2 EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)) in order to generate mesoporosity. The influence of demetallation agent concentration, temperature and duration of treatment was examined. The most efficient treatment, resulting in an almost four-fold increase in the mesopore volume, was found to be with a 0.2 M Na 2 H 2 EDTA solution (treatment for 4 h at 100 C). Moreover, despite the modification of the textural properties, the phase composition, acidity and form of the introduced copper species were also influenced by the applied modification techniques (the samples were examined with the use of techniques such as N 2 sorption, XRD, NH 3 -TPD and UVevis-DRS). The Cu-CHA samples obtained with the use of commercial zeolite supplied by Clariant (Germany) exhibited high activity in the DeNO x process under the applied conditions. The stability of the Cu-CHA sample (doped with 5% of Cu) in the DeNO x process was examined by five subsequent catalytic runs, and only a small drop in catalytic activity was observed. Moreover, the treatment of CHA with Na 2 H 2 EDTA increased its activity in N 2 O decomposition, which makes the applied modification techniques interesting for the potential application of this zeolite in catalysis.