The Climate Law Dilemma: Promoting Renewable Energy Versus Protecting Biodiversity Cover Image

Dilema ochrany klimatu z pohledu práva: obnovitelné zdroje versus ochrana biodiverzity
The Climate Law Dilemma: Promoting Renewable Energy Versus Protecting Biodiversity

Author(s): Vojtěch Stejskal
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, EU-Legislation
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: renewable energy; biodiversity; Environmental Law; framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy; framework to restoration of nature

Summary/Abstract: The use of renewable energy is one of the priorities of common EU policies to achieve carbon neutrality and mitigate the effects of climate change. On the other hand, the protection of biodiversity, which also contributes to climate protection and is even a much older priority, is also one of the EU’s long-term priorities. In this article, the author analyses the current European and Czech climate legislation. He concludes that the analysis of the legislation shows that renewable energy production and biodiversity protection must be considered together in terms of planning, decision-making and enforcement. Climate protection can only be achieved if, in the future, the replacement of fossil energy sources is not unilaterally promoted in energy reform at the expense of biodiversity and the functioning of natural ecosystems. The question is, however, whether the Czech Republic is serious about measures towards carbon neutrality and energy security when it is still buying oil, natural gas and other strategic minerals from Russia two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

  • Issue Year: 70/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-43
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech