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Nonstationarity of the effects of modes of atmospheric circulation variability on surface climate elements
Hynčica, Martin ; Huth, Radan (advisor) ; Dobrovolný, Petr (referee) ; Beck, Christoph (referee)
Circulation modes are highly correlated, yet often distant areas detected in a field of a circulation variable, such as sea level pressure, geopotential heights, wind speed, and wind components. They consist typically of two or more action centres, which simultaneously weaken or strengthen, hence affecting the intensity and direction of atmospheric circulation and consequently surface climatic elements, such as temperature and precipitation. Temporal variability of action centres affects spatiotemporal distribution of impact on surface climatic variables. The availability of gridded datasets allows investigation of temporal behaviour of action centres and its impact on surface climatic variables on long time scales over large regions, which is, therefore, the main scientific topic of this work. Due to a large amount of reanalyses differing in e.g. assimilated type of data and model used for their calculation, the comparison of representation of circulation modes and their temporal evolution of relationships with surface climatic elements is conducted between reanalyses. Circulation modes in reanalyses assimilating both surface and upper troposphere/satellite data (ERA40, JRA-55, NCEP-1) are mostly similar whereas the 20CRv2c reanalysis, which utilizes surface data only, contains biases. Although...
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German energy policy towards Russia after the annexation of Crimea
Etrych Goldscheidová, Jana ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Handl, Vladimír (referee)
This work deals with reasons why Germany have not seen, or rather have not wanted to see, Russia as a dictatorial regime, with which Germany have been building dependent energy relations for decades threatening Germany's energy security. The aim of the work is to reveal motives of democratic Germany leading to energy dependence on an authoritarian country. The work analyzes German-Russian relations, which had been started during the Cold War as part of Brandt's Ostpolitik and strengthened regardless of political parties and wars provoked by Russians in Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine, as well as by extorting of customer countries when disagreement with Russian international policy. The first chapter looks at Germany from a perspective of an international actor, because unhealthy relationships lead to the limitation of democratic decision-making in domestic and foreign policy, which was evidenced by Germany's reserved attitude to the war in Ukraine 2022. The next chapter explores the length and depth of German-Russian relations. Under heavy lobbying, Schröder pushed for close ties between German and Russian energy industries for a purpose of the economic prosperity of Germany and himself. Although after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Germany's rhetoric towards Russia was harsh and Germany declared...
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Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic 2021
Česká informační agentura životního prostředí (CENIA)
The Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic (the “Report”) is drawn up every year on the basis of Act No. 123/1998 Coll., on the right to information on the environment, as amended, Government Resolution No. 446 of 17 August 1994, and Government Resolution No. 934 of 12 November 2014. It is submitted to the Government of the Czech Republic for approval and subsequently to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic for debate. It is a comprehensive document assessing the state and development of the environment in Czechia from all aspects based on the data available for the year under assessment. The Czech Environmental Information Agency has been responsible for drawing up the Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic since the 2005 Report. The Report concept was revised in 2018. As a result, a detailed version of the Report is now prepared every two years, and in the intervening period the most important information on the state and development of the environment is published in concise form. The 2021 Report is one of those concise versions. Starting with the 2020 Report, the content concept and structure of the Report, based on the State Environmental Policy of the Czech Republic 2030 with a view to 2050, has been changed to enable the continuous assessment of its indicators and meet the set goals and priorities. The main areas are based on the State Environmental Policy 2030 (1. Environment and health, 2. Climate-neutral and circular economy, 3. Nature and landscape) and are framed by other topics central to the state and development of the environment (Planetary boundaries, Climate change in Czechia, Financing of environmental protection, Opinions and attitudes of the Czech public). The 2021 Report was discussed and approved by the Government on 14 December 2022 and then submitted to both parliamentary chambers for debate. Due to the reporting and processing methodology used, at the time the Report was being drawn up some data sets for 2021 were not available or the data were only provisional. Information on data sets (the reasons for their unavailability and future updates) for which 2021 data were unavailable at the time of publication is provided in the relevant chapters. The 2021 Report is simultaneously published electronically (https://cenia.cz, https://www.mzp.cz) together with the Statistical Environmental Yearbook of the Czech Republic 2021 and Reports on the Environment in the Regions of the Czech Republic 2021. Detailed data sources are available on the Envirometr portal (https://www.envirometr.cz).
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Classroom climate in kindergarten
BOUBALÍKOVÁ, Andrea
The bachelor thesis is aimed at the issue of classroom climate in kindergarten. The theoretical part is based on professional literature. It presents the school climate, classroom climate and climate actors, especially in the context of kindergarten. The theoretical part also deals with methods of climate diagnostics. The practical part presents a qualitative research, which consists, for example, of observation, interview and analysis of the results of activities. The aim of practical part is to present the possibilities of climate diagnostics in kindergarten, the perception of the classroom clime by kindergarten teachers and teaching assistants.
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Human impact as reflected in the pollen record, with a focus on the Middle Ages
MAREŠOVÁ, Petra
Pollen analysis is an integral part of past vegetation reconstructions based on fossil sedimentary records. This thesis introduces the topics of past vegetation development in the area of Central Europe affected by a combination of climatic events, natural plant dispersal processes, and human impact. A natural site of the former lake Komořany was investigated to address the early periods covering the Late Glacial and majority of the Holocene (~15.6-3.2 ka BP). Moreover, three distinct medieval village sites covering an altitudinal gradient of the Czech territory served for reconstruction of the increased human impact on landscape and vegetation, especially during the High Medieval Period. A multidisciplinary approach including pollen, plant macrofossil, diatom, and palaeozoological record in combination with archaeological finds was employed to track the origins and formation of the cultural landscape, focusing on the medieval transformation.
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Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic 2020
Česká informační agentura životního prostředí (CENIA)
The Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic (the “Report”) is drawn up every year on the basis of Act No. 123/1998 Coll., on the right to information on the environment, as amended, Government Resolution No. 446 of 17 August 1994, and Government Resolution No. 934 of 12 November 2014. It is submitted to the Government of the Czech Republic for approval and subsequently to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic for debate. The Report is a comprehensive document assessing the state of the environment in the Czech Republic from all aspects based on data available for the year under assessment. Czech Environmental Information Agency, has been responsible for drawing up the Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic since the 2005 Report. The Report concept was revised in 2018. As a result, a detailed version of the Report is now prepared every two years, and in the intervening period the most important information on the state and development of the environment is published in concise form. The 2020 Report is one of those detailed versions. At the same time, the content concept and structure of the Report, based on the State Environmental Policy of the Czech Republic 2030 with a view to 2050, has been changed to enable the continuous assessment of its indicators and meet the set goals and priorities. The main areas are based on the State Environmental Policy 2030 (1. Environment and health, 2. Climate-neutral and circular economy, 3. Nature and landscape) and are framed by other topics central to the state and development of the environment (Planetary boundaries, Climate change in the Czech Republic, Financing of environmental protection, Opinions and attitudes of the Czech public). The 2020 Report was discussed and approved by the Government on 5 November 2021 and then submitted to both parliamentary chambers for debate. Because of the reporting and processing methodology used, at the time the Report was being drawn up some data sets for 2020 were not available or the data were only provisional. Information on data sets (the reasons for their unavailability and future updates) for which 2020 data were unavailable at the time of publication is provided in the relevant chapters. The 2020 Report is also published electronically (http://www.cenia.cz, http://www.mzp.cz) together with the Statistical Environmental Yearbook of the Czech Republic 2020 and Reports on the Environment in the Regions of the Czech Republic 2020. Detailed data sources are available on the Information system of statistics and reporting portal ISSaR (https://issar.cenia.cz) and on the portal STaR (https://www.envirometr.cz).
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Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic 2019
Česká informační agentura životního prostředí (CENIA)
The Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic (the “Report”) is drawn up every year on the basis of Act No. 123/1998 Coll., on the right to information on the environment, as amended, Government Resolution No. 446 of 17 August 1994, and Government Resolution No. 934 of 12 November 2014. It is submitted to the Government of the Czech Republic for approval and subsequently to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic for debate. The Report is a comprehensive document assessing the state of the environment in the Czech Republic from all aspects on the basis of data available for the year under assessment. CENIA, the Czech Environmental Information Agency, has been responsible for drawing up the Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic since the 2005 Report. In 2018, the Report concept was revised. As a result, a detailed version of the Report is now prepared every two years, and in the intervening period the most important information on the state and development of the environment is published in concise form. The 2019 Report is one of those interim summaries. The 2019 Report was discussed and approved by the Government on 12 February 2021 and then submitted to both parliamentary chambers for debate. The timetable for the preparation of the 2019 Report was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, after the spring environmental reporting obligations were postponed by three months. Because of the reporting and processing methodology used, at the time the Report was being drawn up some data sets for 2019 were not available or the data was only provisional. Information on data sets (the reasons for their unavailability and future updates) for which 2019 data was unavailable at the time of publication is provided in the relevant chapters. The 2019 Report is also published electronically (http://www.cenia.cz, http://www.mzp.cz) together with the Statistical Environmental Yearbook of the Czech Republic 2019 and Reports on the Environment in the Regions of the Czech Republic 2019.
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