Together for 1.5
Step up ambition
To contribute to the European climate and energy targets, the Czech Republic must step up its ambition and significantly accelerate deployment of solar and wind power. However, the Czech government decided to postpone its approval of the final NECP and as of November 2024, there is no clear timeline for submission of the plan. The last available draft only included a 30 % target for final energy consumption from renewables by 2030, failing to fully exploit the potential of renewables and falling short of the required 33 % share recommended by the European Commission.
The Czech Republic – climate action progress in figures
Check Czechia’s implementation of its National Energy and Climate Plan
Assessing the implementation of the Czech old 2019 NECP is very difficult due to the lack of trajectories (only a few 2030 targets are available in the NECP tracker). It is nonetheless clear that, as of 2022, Czechia was still far from moving towards the 2030 objectives of its 2019 NECP, whose ambition is now obsolete. As of 2022, Czechia was still far from its 2030 sectoral targets – with the agriculture, transport and waste sectors showing worrisome trends. Notably, emissions in the transport sector have increased every year in the last decade (except during the pandemic year), and they are now 30 percentage points higher than the old NECP target for 2030.
Moreover, Czechia remained very far (38.6 Mtoe) from meeting its 2019 NECP target for primary energy consumption in 2030 (22 Mtoe). A sharp improvement in energy efficiency is therefore urgently required. On the other hand, renewables uptake in 2022 was on track with old NECP objectives.
Check here our latest briefing from October 2024
“Mind the NECP Gap”
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Czechian NECP Assessment
Czechia overall does not move towards a 1.5°C trajectory. Czechia however fulfils the minimum EU requirements for climate effort sharing. Czechia foresees a level of consumption that is in line with the EU energy efficiency target, but measures are insufficient to achieve the target for final energy. The renewable energy contribution might not be ambitious enough to align with the EU 2030 renewable energy target. Policies and measures (PAMs) presented for climate and are insufficient to achieve the EU 2030 effort sharing target The draft still presents many internal inconsistencies across the document...
NECP work in progress: draft expected in September
The Czech Republic is one of the countries that did not meet the June 30 deadline for submitting the NECP proposal to the European Commission. In addition to the previously presented 8 scenarios as a background for the Czech National Energy and Climate Plan, two other scenarios will be modeled: the first one will place greater emphasis on the development of renewable energy sources...
Czechia’s road towards climate neutrality
The Czech Republic is revising all of its key climate and energy strategy documents at once. Together with the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), the State Energy Policy and the national Long-Term Strategy (Climate Protection Policy) are also undergoing a revision this year.
Czech NECP
The Czech Republic is now revising its National Energy and Climate Plan and has a unique chance to set out towards a healthier and more resilient future. To achieve a successful transformation of the Czech energy sector, this plan needs to be ambitious and reflect today’s challenges. And now, we can have our say in it.