It is composed of the legal entities involved in the activities of NKP, i.e. the research institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences, different universities, and all professional meteorological institutions. Organization Currently NKP is composed of 16 legal entities located in the Czech Republic. It helps to create professional and organizational conditions enabling the operational cooperation of specialists working in member organizations involved in studying the climate system. CHMI works as Secretariat of the association, taking care of contacts with WMO and organizing the activities of the association according to the instructions of its executive committee. Summarizing and synthesizing investigations, carrying out special studies, solving problems with ad hoc teams, and publishing results and other information are funded by the Ministry of the Environment or by other authorities, including foreign organizations.
Financial profit is in no way the motive for the association's activities.
In 1993 NKP signed the Assistance Agreement for carrying out the Czech Republlic's Country Study with the US Environmental Protection Agency, encompassing all important aspects of climate change. Outputs of this study benefit both Czech governmental authorities and scientific institutions. These outputs discussed climate change projections and the assessment of its possible impact on agriculture, forestry, hydrology and water resources in the Czech Republic. In 1996-1997, a plan for adaptations to climate change was created, the aim of which was to mitigate the anticipated consequences of possible climate change in the Czech Republic. More than 100 specialists took part in this job.