Prague to set up special commission to draft climate plan update

Prague City Hall will set up a commission to draft a proposal to update the climate plan, under which the city intends to invest in measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The commission will prepare a proposal for possible changes to the plan for the city leadership. Deputy Mayor Jana Komrsková (Pirates) said this in an interview with the Czech News Agency (ČTK). Under the climate plan, Prague aims to invest around CZK 230 billion by 2030 in measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the capital.

The former city leadership, made up of a coalition of the Pirates, Prague for Itself and United Forces for Prague (TOP 09, STAN and KDU-ČSL), decided to draw up the climate plan about four years ago. In June 2019, the city leadership approved a climate commitment under which carbon dioxide emissions were to be cut by 45 percent by 2030 and the capital was to become carbon-neutral by 2050.