Climate Protection Policy of the Czech Republic.

The Climate Protection Policy of the Czech Republic specifies the objectives in the field of climate protection up to 2030 with an outlook up to 2050 and represents a long-term strategy of a lowemission development which will lead to cost-effective achievement of the national targets. The Policy defines policies and measures for the gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the specific areas, i.e. especially in the energy sector, final energy consumption, industry, transport, agriculture and forestry, waste management, science and research and voluntary instruments, with respect to the economically exploitable potential. The Policy proposes efficient and effective measures, including their contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and describes the pathways that lead to the transition to a low-emission economy by 2050.
The main objective of the Policy is to determine an appropriate mix of cost-effective policies and measures in key sectors that will lead to achieving the greenhouse gas reduction targets. Primary emission reduction targets are to reduce national emissions by 2020 by at least 32 Mt CO2-eq in comparison with 2005 and to reduce national emissions by 2030 by at least 44 Mt CO2-eq in comparison with 2005. Long-term indicative emission reduction targets are to pursue the indicative level of 70 Mt CO2-eq of emissions in 2040 and to pursue the indicative level of 39 Mt CO2-eq of emissions in 2050. Due to the sufficient time needed to prepare and implement the different policies and measures, the Policy and its setting must be conceived in the long term perspective, assuming that regular evaluation and updates will be carried out every 5, and 7 years respectively. The time horizon setting of the Policy respects the three basic levels of needs and requirements in the area of climate protection, i.e. at the national level and in the context of European and international politics. The emission balance demonstrates that the Czech Republic succeeded in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.7% between the years 1990 and 2014. The current projections show that the targets for 2020 or 2030 can be implemented in the Czech Republic on the basis of existing or additional measures in the individual sectors. Any achievement of longer term indicative targets beyond 2030 is not possible without the adoption of new structural measures and a parallel use of all available policies helping to utilize the economic potential of low-carbon technologies in various sectors