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.
Czechia
Political Groups
OECD, EU
Global Climate Risk Index
92.83
Targets
World Bank Income Group
High income
Share of Global Emissions
0.22%
Documents
- 2025CBD submissionCzechia National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. NBSAP (2025)
Czechia National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. NBSAP (2025)
- 2025PolicyWaste Management Plan for 2025 - 2035
The plan is consistently based on the principle of the waste management hierarchy, which provides a framework for waste policy with an emphasis on waste prevention and maximum recycling and utilization of waste. It formulates a long-term perspective for sustainable waste management in the Czech Republic with a horizon up to 2035 in the context of binding targets defined in...
- 2025PolicyStrategy of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic 2030+
The document is designed as an open living framework document and a fundamental basis for strategic management processes within the Ministry of Agriculture. It reiterates the long-term vision of the Ministry, which entails a competitive and sustainable Czech agriculture, forestry and water management. Its ambition is to create a long-term sustainable, competitive, and entr...
- 2025UNFCCC submissionCzechia National Inventory Report (NIR). 2025
Czechia National Inventory Report (NIR). 2025
Targets (11)
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- 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.