0617032 - ÚSP 2025 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Müllerová, Hana - Snopková, Tereza - Zicha, J.
Water policy and legislative responses to climate change in the Czech Republic.
International Journal of Water Resources Development. Roč. 40, č. 2 (2024), s. 268-283. ISSN 0790-0627. E-ISSN 1360-0648
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) LQ300682001; AV ČR(CZ) StrategieAV21/20
Program: Prémie Lumina quaeruntur; StrategieAV
Institutional support: RVO:68378122
Keywords : climate change * water policy * water legislation * Czech Republic * constitutional protection of water * drought * water reservoirs
OECD category: Law
Impact factor: 2, year: 2023 ; AIS: 0.628, rok: 2023
Method of publishing: Limited access
Result website:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07900627.2023.2238085DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2023.2238085

The recurring floods and droughts in the Czech Republic show that climate change requires far-reaching changes in water management. We analyse the responses already reflected in Czech water policy and legislation at three levels: strategic, statutory and constitutional. We first describe the substantial changes that have been satisfactorily introduced into the Czech government's policies. We then trace the far less successful developments in the law, which have so far essentially been limited to drought plans and restrictions on water extraction during droughts. At the core, we concentrate on the political attempts to constitutionalize water protection.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0364038