Course: Environmental Policy

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Course title Environmental Policy
Course code KZP/4ENPO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Seják Josef, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1.ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (EP) - INTRODUCTION Principles - approaches and methods - EP cycles - EP subjects. 2.SYSTEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION overview and main characteristics of organisational and institutional system of environmental protection in the CR and EU member countries. EP principles, targets and measurements. 3.EP INSTRUMENTS Economic and legislative instruments -voluntary instruments - EP informational system - territorial planning 4.EP ECONOMIC INTRUMENTS System of economic instruments - charges - fines - taxes - subsidies - loans 5.BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION Overview of environmental legislation in the CR and the EU. Processes of harmonization . 6.ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (EE) Phases in EE development. National EE programme. EE targets and instruments. 7.CONCEPTS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES (SDS) Basic premises of sustainability, selected implementation problems - SDS indicators, environmentally adjusted national accounting. 8.ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE EU EP development in the EU and member countries - Environmental Action Programmes - Environmental institutional framework 9.ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE CR EP up to 1989 - Approximation with the EU - current EP. 10.INTERNATIONAL EP - UN WORLD SUMMITS Rio World Summit 1992 - World Summit Země + 5 - Johannesburg World Summit. 11.UN MINISTERIAL CONFRENCES "ENVIRONMENT FOR EUROPE" Dobris conference - Luzern conference - Sofia conference - Aarhus conference - Kiev conference. 12.INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Specialised internat. organisations - other internat. organisations. 13.INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS Internat. Environmental agreements and treaties - agreements signed by the CR.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Statistické ročenky životního prostředí České republiky..
  • Státní politika životního prostředí České republiky 2012-2020. 2016.
  • MEZŘICKÝ V. A KOL.:. Environmentální politika a udržitelný rozvoj. Portál, Praha 2005..
  • MEZŘICKÝ, V. A KOL.:. Teorie a praxe environmentální politiky. Vysoká škola báňská-Technická univerzita Ostrava. , 1999..
  • RITSCHELOVÁ A KOL. :. Úvod do politiky životního prostředí, UJEP, Ústí n.L. , 2002..
  • RITSCHELOVÁ A KOL.:. Politika životního prostředí, vybrané kapitoly, UJEP, Ústí n.L., 2006..
  • RITSCHELOVÁ, I. A KOL.:. Výkladový slovník vybraných pojmů z oblasti environmentální ekonomie, UJEP Ústí nad Labem, 2002..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Environment Study plan (Version): Waste Management (C_4) Category: Ecology and environmental protection 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Environment Study plan (Version): Revitalization of Lanscape (C_4) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter