According to Turek, the first results of the study of the impact of billions spent on climate policy in the Czech Republic should be available by the end of the year

MP and Government Envoy for Climate and the Green Deal, Filip Turek (Motorists), has outlined the basic framework of an impact study on the effects of climate measures, which he commissioned from experts at the Ministry of the Environment (MŽP).

Turek was one of the panelists at the "Czech Antwerp" conference, organized today by representatives of energy-intensive industries. Together with the Minister of Industry and Trade, Karel Havlíček (ANO), they discussed ways to help stop the decline of Czech industry. According to Turek, it will be essential to ensure that the approach to climate policy and the resulting measures "breaks in Brussels."

In this regard, he praised the efforts of the current government and mentioned his recent step at the Ministry of the Environment. "I am the first person to have commissioned an impact study at the MŽP," stated the envoy.

"We want real scientists and experts from the Ministry of the Environment to conduct research to evaluate and map the impacts of the measures taken so far under the Green Deal, because billions have been spent on many, many measures, and we haven't seen any studies on whether they had a real impact on the environment or the climate, or whether they only served to damage our industry," Turek said in an interview with the Epoch Times.

He added that it is intended to be an independent survey "by real scientists and not by climatologists who see only one ideology and do not see the consequences or want to see the real numbers."

The research is to be primarily focused on environmental impacts. However, Turek will also target broader contexts. "If those measures had a direct impact on the economy, then we obviously want to see that as well," the envoy added. "We can then, of course, add studies to that about how much it cost, what economic damage it caused, and what we gained—or rather did not gain—for that spent value."

"The first results of the study could be available within ten months, and overall we have been talking about a two-year program so far," he specified regarding the timeframe.

Zdroj: Epoch Times