climatic changes

The “Water Centre” project is in its second half and presents its results

Ing. Jiří Kučera – 1/2025

The Environment for Life programme, funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, has created research centers focused on environmental issues. One of them is the “Change4Water”, which is the acronym of the “Water Management in the Czech Republic in the Context of Climate Change” project. The lead organization is T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p. r. i. (TGM WRI). Other seven partner organizations are the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic (NCA CR), Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU), Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering (FCE CTU), Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), CzechGlobe, The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p. r. i. (VÚKOZ), and the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT). The project duration is from July 2020 to December 2026, so currently halfway through its duration.

Will summer flows in watercourses be a half lower by 2060?

Ing. Ladislav Kašpárek, CSc. and Ing. Martina Peláková – 5/2023

The increase in potential evapotranspiration due to warming is quite often used as an indicator of ongoing and predicted changes in the hydrological balance. However, without assessing its effect in basins with different precipitation regimes, it is not correct to consider a change in potential evapo-transpiration as an increase in actual evapotranspiration or a decrease in runoff.

Interview with RNDr. Radim Tolasz, Ph.D., climatologist of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

Ing. Adam Beran, Ph.D. and Ing. Adam Vizina, Ph.D. – 5/2023

Today, one individual cannot quickly mitigate the current impact of climate change that the entire world is facing by changing their behaviour. However, the promotion and spread of education is one of the main keys to making positive changes in a significant part of the population. In an interview for VTEI, the Czech representative in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climatologist RNDr. Radim Tolasz, Ph.D., from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), describes further steps to mitigate the effects of climate change or, for example, his own first professional experience after 1980.

Centrum Voda

Ing. Petr Březina – 5/2021

This article is available in Czech only. For translation or more information on this topic, please contact author. Hlavní zaměření: Adaptace společnosti a vodních ekosystémů na změny klimatu Centrum Voda je výzkumný projekt, který hledá řešení problémů vyplývajících z klimatické změny a jejího vlivu na vodní poměry. Snažíme se nalézat odpovědi na základní otázky, jestli dokážeme zajistit dostatek… Read more »

Interview with Ing. Jan Uhlík, Ph.D., hydrogeologist at PROGEO, s. r. o.

Oddělení hydrologie – 4/2019

Interview with Ing. Jan Uhlík, Ph.D., hydrogeologist at PROGEO, s. r. o., on the topic of low precipitation, warming and climate.

Interview with the Minister of the Environment Mgr. Richard Brabec on the topic of drought

Redakce – 4–5/2015

Drought has been and certainly will be. On this topic is based conversation with the Minister of the Environment, which includes questions on the continuing heat wave and drought.

Establishment and operation of the interdepartmental commission WATER-DROUGHT

RNDr. Tomáš Hrdinka, Ph.D. – 4–5/2015

Since the mid-80s of the 20th century in the Czech Republic is a demonstrable increase in water temperature slightly influenced by surface water as a result of climate change.

Presentation of the Global Water Partnership

Jonáš Rieder – 4–5/2015

The Global Water Partnership was established jointly by the Swedish Agency for International Development, United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank in 1996 as an international network in order to create a unified approach to the use of water resources.