Czechia (The Czech Republic) is a parliamentary democracy, established after the splitting of Czechoslovakia into the Czech and Slovak Republics in 1993. The Parliament, the highest legislative body, consists of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. It votes on laws proposed predominantly by the executive and on international treaties in all policy areas. The last elections for both Chambers were held in October 2013. The next election for the Chamber of Deputies is scheduled for 2017 and for the Senate in 2018.
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Czechia
Political Groups
OECD, EU
World Bank Income Group
High income
Global Climate Risk Index
79.67
The annually published Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).
Published by German Watch https://www.germanwatch.org/en/criShare of Global Emissions
0.24%
Legislation
7
Laws, Acts, Constitutions (legislative branch)
Policies
6
Policies, strategies, decrees, action plans (from executive branch)
Litigation
Coming soon
Court cases and tribunal proceedings
Targets
12
Climate targets in National Law & Policy
Latest Documents
, 2022
Czechia. 2022 National Inventory Report (NIR), National Inventory Report from Czechia in 2022
, 2021
Czechia. 2021 National Inventory Report (NIR), National Inventory Report from Czechia in 2021
, 2021
To benefit from the support of the Recovery and Resilience Facility set up by the EU in the aftermath of the COVID-19-induced economic crisis, Member States submit their recovery and resilience plans to the European Commission. Each plan sets out the reforms and investments to be implemented by end-2026 and Member States can receive financing up to a previously agreed allo...
, 2019
Czechia. Biennial report (BR). BR 4, Biennial Report from Czechia in 2019
, 2019
The National Energy and Climate (ENCP) Plan is a ten-year integrated document mandated by the European Union to each of its member states in order for the EU to meet its overall greenhouse gases emissions targets. The main part of the National Plan is the setting of the Czech Republic’s contribution to the European climate and energy targets concerning the reduction of g...
Targets (12)
Request to download all target data (.csv)- Reduce national emissions by 2020 by at least 32 Mt CO2-eq in comparison with 2005 by 2020Economy-wide: Economy Wide | Target year: 2020Source: Climate Protection Policy, Government Resolution no 207
- Reduce national emissions by 2030 by at least 44 Mt CO2-eq in by 2030 against a 2005 baselineEconomy-wide: Economy Wide | Target year: 2030Source: Climate Protection Policy, Government Resolution no 207
- Pursue the indicative level of 39 Mt CO2-eq of emissions in 2050Economy-wide: Economy Wide | Target year: 2050Source: Climate Protection Policy, Government Resolution no 207
- Pursue the indicative level of 70 Mt CO2-eq of emissions in 2040 against 2005 levelsEconomy-wide: Economy Wide | Target year: 2040Source: Climate Protection Policy, Government Resolution no 207
- 2% reduction of GHG emissions per unit of energy in fuel by 2014, then 3.5% by 2017, then 6% by 2020 compared with a business as usual scenarioTransportation: General | Target year: 2020Source: Minimum biofuel content for transport fuels (Act No. 201/2012 Coll., on the protection of atmosphere - Clean Air Act)
Legislative Process
In 2001, the state transferred a number of powers to the regions, an intermediate level between the national government and the municipalities. The regions are structured in accordance with the concept of subsidiarity. They are in charge of implementing national legislation and have far-reaching self-governance authority. Based on their better knowledge of local conditions and independent decision-making in financial matters, the regions provide a number of services within the overall framework on socio-economic and environmental aspects of development.