Environmental lawyers ClientEarth launch legal action against Czech authorities over 'inadequate' plan to tackle poor air quality in the city
Prague has become the second city in the Czech Republic to face legal action on air quality from environmental lawyers ClientEarth, after the firm yesterday lodged a formal suit against the Czech authorities over poor air quality in the city.
ClientEarth - which is also taking legal action against the UK, Germany, Belgium and Poland over poor air quality - claim Czech authorities have missed a number of deadlines for compliance with EU air quality laws.
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The action over Prague's air quality is being taken by ClientEarth in collaboration with environmental legal firm Frank Bold and local residents of the city.
They claim Prague's plan to improve its air quality is inadequate and should be replaced with a new strategy that contains concrete actions to limit pollution in the city.
It follows last week's announcement ClientEarth is targeting the Czech city of Brno in its series of legal actions, calling for an effective plan to clean up the city's air.
"This case is part of a wave of clean air cases across Europe," said ClientEarth's chief executive James Thornton in a statement. "In the past two weeks, Brno, Brussels and now Prague have joined the list of cities where people are fighting for their right to breathe clean air. Governments across the EU have been far too slow in responding to the public health crisis caused by air pollution. Toxic air contributes to more than 400,000 premature deaths in the EU every year."
A report released by the World Bank earlier this month suggests more than five million lives were lost worldwide in 2013 as a result of poor air quality, while the global cost of lost labour from the effects of air pollution was valued at $225bn.
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