Publication details
Assessment of Climate Impacts in the EIA Process and the Role and Practice of the Screening Stage in Mining Activities in the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2026 |
| Type | Peer-reviewed scientific article |
| Magazine / Source | ČESKÉ PRÁVO ŽIVOTNÍHO PROSTŘEDÍ |
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| web | https://www.cspzp.com/archiv-casopisu/ |
| Keywords | Environmental Impact Assessmen; EIA; screening; climate change adaptation; mitigation; mining projects |
| Description | Nearly eight years after transposing the Directive 2014/52/EU amendment requiring climate assessment, climate considerations remain systematically marginalised in Czech mining screening procedure. Analysis of ten Czech cases (2017-2024) reveals that climate factors played no role in any screening outcome. This article examines how climate obligations introduced by the 2014 amendment are reflected in screening procedure, focusing on how developers approach climate assessment in project notifications, how screening authorities treat climate considerations during screening procedure and whether the Annex III climate-disaster criterion is operationalised in decision making. The findings demonstrate that screening problems reflect identifiable constraints: methodological vacuums and institutional capacity limitations but also point toward deeper structural problems within the EIA process. |
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