Climate characteristic

The climate change is one of the most important topics of the Czech environmental policy. It affects all aspects of the landscape and society. Essential goals are to mitigate the impacts of climate change by adapting to that change, to maintain welfare and to preserve and, where possible, enhance the economic potential for the next generations.

Fig. 1. Long-term development of the annual air temperature and annual precipitation are the basic indicators of the climate changes. The trend of increasing average annual temperatures is clearly visible. The precipitation are under the climate normal in the recent years. (Source: www.cenia.cz).

Fig. 2. Water scarcity is a negative climate phenomenon of recent years (Source: www.cenia.cz).