{"id":11858,"date":"2020-10-19T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/czech\/?p=11858"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:31:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:31:13","slug":"czech-coal-commission-contemplates-self-defeating-coal-phase-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/czech\/tiskova-zprava\/11858\/czech-coal-commission-contemplates-self-defeating-coal-phase-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech coal commission contemplates self-defeating coal phase out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Czech government is in danger of looking out of touch at the upcoming EU council meeting, as its coal commission is homing in on a post-2030 phase out that would undermine Czech prime minister Andrej Babi\u0161\u2019s recent commitment to increasing the EU\u2019s climate target to 55 percent by 2030.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Like its German counterpart, the Czech coal commission is exploring several coal phase out scenarios, encompassing 2033, 2038, and 2043. Studies show that the country can achieve a 2030 transition<\/a> from coal to renewables, and that there is overwhelming public support to do so<\/a>. The dates under discussion by the Czech coal commission are already out of step with this, and will invariably need to be accelerated even more to secure a more robust EU climate target.<\/p>\n\n

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Coal power plant Po\u010derady is the most problematic source in Czech Republic as well as the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. (c) Greenpeace – Ibra Ibrahimovi\u010d
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\u201cThe Czech coal commission still doesn\u2019t have all the expert materials needed to decide about the coal phase out, yet Minister Havl\u00ed\u010dek is preemptively calling for 2038 to be the default phase out date decision,\u201d said Ji\u0159\u00ed Ko\u017eelouh from Hnut\u00ed DUHA (Friends of the Earth Czech Republic), a member of the coal commission for the Green Circle – association of Czech environmental NGOs. \u201cThis is undemocratic pandering to the coal industry, and an embarrassment for Prime Minister Babi\u0161, all so \u010cEZ and local coal barons can delay the inevitable closure of their polluting plants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

To highlight the influence of industry on the Coal commission process, environmental organisations Hnut\u00ed DUHA (Friends of the Earth Czech Republic) and Greenpeace today published a coal plant shut-down list<\/a>, which was not created by the coal commission itself in the past due to opposition from coal utilities. The list ranks the proposed shutdown order for plants, according to emissions intensity criteria approved by the Commission. \u010cEZ plants occupy the earliest three spots.<\/p>\n\n

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\u201cIf prime minister Babi\u0161 is honest about wanting faster emissions reductions, then he needs to tell his Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havl\u00ed\u010dek, to not undermine him ahead of the EU Council,\u201d said Luk\u00e1\u0161 Hr\u00e1bek, press officer for Greenpeace Czech Republic. \u201cFocusing on post 2030 coal phase out dates will set the Czech Republic up to fail its emissions reductions commitments, and make a mess of its energy transition. Workers and communities will ultimately pay the price.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

\u201cA decision to phase out coal will be a tremendous leap forward for the Czech Republic, but its coal commission is in danger of making the same mistakes as its German counterpart,\u201d said Mahi Sideridou, Europe Beyond Coal managing director. \u201cThe coal industry is collapsing all across Europe, and improvements to EU climate policies underline that a 2030 coal phase is now unavoidable. Germany\u2019s coal phase date is already being outpaced by reality, and should serve as a warning, not a model.\u201d<\/p>\n

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