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Policy Brief | How to Prevent Transport Poverty Using the Social Climate Fund: Recommendations for Policymakers in the Czech Republic

Our latest policy brief is aimed at policy makers, government representatives and experts who influence the development of climate policy in the Czech Republic. The text, written by Rebeka Hengalová, Research Fellow, and Jana Abíková, Head of the Green Europe Programme, maps the transport needs of the most vulnerable groups in the Czech Republic and provides arguments for the timely and full adoption of ETS2 and the appropriate allocation of the SCF to minimise transport poverty. The brief assesses possible solutions and discussed measures that could be funded by the national Social Climate Plan to reduce the impact of ETS2 on low-income households.

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31. March 2025

Although a relatively small proportion of the population currently declare experiencing transport poverty, without appropriate compensatory measures, the proportion of transport poor households may increase after the implementation of ETS2. It is therefore crucial to make strategic use of currently available financial resources, such as the SCF. Only by timely implementation of appropriate measures can we prevent further spread of transport poverty, which is often linked to general poverty and other socio-economic hardships. It is this interconnectedness that makes transport poverty so complicated - once an individual or household falls into it, the inability to get to work or to the doctor further exacerbates pre-existing insecurities.

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