Czechia's climate action strategy

Czechia does not have a national climate target, and aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with EU climate and energy legislation. Czechia accounted for 3.6 % of the EU's net GHG emissions in 2023. The country reduced its net emissions by 25.6 % over the 2005-2023 period, which is less than the EU average reduction of 30.5 %. As shown in Figure 1, Czechia significantly reduced emissions from sectors under the EU emissions trading system (ETS). Czechia's net emissions have been impacted by natural disturbances affecting its land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector. Czechia's updated recovery and resilience plan, which dedicates 43 % of its budget to the green transition, includes a REPowerEU chapter focused on modernising energy distribution networks. Czechia submitted a draft updated national energy and climate plan (NECP) in October 2023. The European Commission assessed it, making recommendations for the final updated NECP, overdue since June 2024. Only 27 % of Czechs, compared with a 46 % EU average, consider climate change among the four most serious problems facing the world. A majority expect national government (54 %) to tackle climate change, while 46 % see it as a task of business and industry, and 41 % expect the EU to take action. Only 16 % find it to be a personal responsibility.