The development of climate diplomacy in Czech-German relations after 1990.

The bachelor thesis deals with the development of climate diplomacy in Czech-German relations after 1990. The first chapter of theoretical part focuses on the introduction of the modern phenomenon of climate diplomacy. Climate diplomacy is as other types of diplomacy indispensable for maintaining the stability of international relations. The work analyses, when environmental issues came to the forefront of the Czech-German dialogue also at the national level after 1990. Furthermore, the turning point is the year 2004, when the Czech Republic officially joins the European Union. It examines how this event has transformed bilateral cooperation in the field of climate and environmental protection. At the same time, Czech and German environmental thinking is analysed due to understanding the formation of Czech- German climate diplomacy. In the practical part, there is introduced one specific European project - Young Energy Europe as a project of the European Climate Protection Initiative. Young Energy Europe focuses on energy sustainability and environmental education in companies. It includes both Germany and the Czech Republic. The main goals are to evaluate the participation of the Czech Republic in this project and to find out what limits mitigation projects of this kind may represent for the..