Environment
The overarching goal in the Environment area is to ensure a safe, healthy and resilient environment in the Czech Republic that enables a good quality of life for future generations too.
More about the area
97% of the area’s expenditure is administered by the Ministry of the Environment. Since 2022, a significant part of these funds has been transferred to the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic (SFŽP), which allocates them through grant programmes and calls.
- State budget expenditure 2027
- CZK 21.5 bn draft state budget
- Share of state budget
- 0.8%
- Year-on-year change
- +3.0%
State budget expenditure 2027 (draft): CZK 21.5 bn.
Topics and performance indicators
- Air and climate protection: CZK 38.4 bn
Goal: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency. Improve air quality.
- Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with 1990 (%)
- Share of renewable energy (%)
- Territory with an exceeded air-quality limit (%)
- Water protection: CZK 2.8 bn
Goal: Improve groundwater quality. Increase the efficiency of water management.
- Groundwater nitrate pollution (%)
- GDP per unit of water abstracted (CZK thousand/m3)
- Unpolluted watercourses (classes I and II) (%)
- Protection of nature, landscape, soil and groundwater: CZK 0.8 bn
Goal: Limit soil degradation. Ensure the protection of nature and landscape and its adaptation to climate change.
- Land at extreme risk of water erosion (%)
- Land permanently withdrawn from ZPF and PUPFL (thousand ha)
- Share of broadleaved stands in the species composition of forests (%)
- Care for the most valuable landscapes and species: CZK 1.6 bn
Goal: Ensure care for the most valuable parts of nature and landscape and the protection of species.
- Share of specially protected areas and Natura 2000 sites (%)
- Index of common bird species abundance (index (1982=100))
- Waste management: CZK 0.4 bn
Goal: Increase material recovery of waste. Prevent waste generation.
- Material recovery rate of municipal waste (%)
- Material recovery rate of waste (%)
- Total waste generation (incl. municipal waste) (t)
- Research and development: CZK 0.4 bn
No goals or performance indicators are set for the cross-cutting category.
- Administration: CZK 2.0 bn
No goals or performance indicators are set for the cross-cutting category.
- Other: CZK 17.7 bn
No goals or performance indicators are set for the cross-cutting category.
State budget areas
- Social security
- Education
- Healthcare
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- Transport
- Security and public order
- Industry
- Agriculture and forestry
- Legal protection
- Employment policy
- Culture, sport, churches and leisure activities
- Local development
- Environment
- Basic and applied research
- Other public services
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