The country plans to replace most of the lost energy output by ramping up its nuclear and renewable energy facilities.
The election in October 2021 saw incumbent Prime Minister and billionaire populist Andrej Babiš lose out to a centre-right coalition led by Petr Fiala.
“We will create such conditions for the energy transformation and development of coal regions to make it possible to phase out coal by the year 2033,” Fiala said.
The country has long been reliant on coal, which is the most carbon-producing fossil fuel. It currently accounts for almost 50 per cent of Czech energy production.
Other European countries including Spain and Finland have pledged to end the use of coal in energy production by 2030, while the UK plans to phase it out by 2025.
Environmentalists are concerned that the Czech government’s pledge is too slow and that coal must be phased out faster.
Mahi Sideridou, the managing director of Europe Beyond Coal, said: “It’s momentous that...