Overview of plans, programs & policies

This page gives an overview of some pertinent climate change and environment related plans, programs & policies on Belgian regional and federal scale as well on international scale.

Belgium

Lots of initiatives and legislations exist at different levels in Belgium :

National

• Belgian National Security Strategy (2021)
• Belgian National Risk Assessment (BNRA, 2018-2023) - the National Crisis Centrum is leading this assessment which also includes some risks related to climate change Centre de Crise (BNRA, 2018-2023). The new BNRA 2023-2026 by the end of 2024.
• National Energy and climate plan 2021-2030
• National and regional adaptation plans
• National Environment and Health Action Plan (NEHAP)
• Federal Plan for Sustainable Development (IFDD)

Regions

• A regional study on vulnerabilities and adaptation options in Wallonia is currently underway. It is part of the Walloon Recovery Plan (PRW-317): Diagnosis of vulnerabilities to increase Walloon resilience through adaptation to climate change: scenarios, impacts, measures. The study is being piloted by the Agence wallonne de l'Air et du Climat (AwAC)
• The Flemish region created a regional IMPACTtool. It offers citizens and municipalities a comprehensive view of various climate hazards within their territories across different scenarios.
• The Vlaamse Milieu Maatschappij (VMM) offers two supplementary tools tailored specifically for municipalities.
  • the PLAN-tool assists municipalities in formulating their adaptation plans by exploring a range of possible adaptation measures. This enables local authorities to proactively address climate-related challenges and enhance resilience within their communities.
  • The PROJECT-tool, facilitates the transition from planning to implementation by calculating the adaptation score during the project's design phase. By leveraging these integrated tools, municipalities can effectively translate their adaptation strategies into concrete projects, ensuring practical and impactful responses to climate change.

Municipal

• Lots of vulnerabilities assessment are done at municipalities level.
• Cerac is currently busy with the inventory of those one and will provide an analysis based on what exist at this scale.
• Other vulnerability assessments does exist at other scale like :
  • Diagnostic of the vulnerabilities of the Sonian forest
  • Kust en klimaat: gids voor een gebiedsgerichte samenwerking
  • Masterplan Kustveiligheid

The Netherlands

• Nationale klimaatrisicoanalyse 2022-2026 (Dutch)

Germany

• Climate Impact and Risk Assessment for Germany (2021)

Ireland

• Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment (ICAA, 2024)

UK

• Third 5-year Climate Risk Assessment (2022)
• Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk

USA

• Fifth National Climate Assessment (2023)

UN

• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)