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Sustainable development is a development approach which aims to meet the needs of present generations without jeopardising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development represents a lever for innovation, and an opportunity to reassess our economic model, to ensure that our societies, the planet and our economy have a sustainable future.
The Agenda 2030 for sustainable development was adopted by 195 countries at the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. It includes 17 goals that incorporate the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. The monitoring and implementation of the 17 sustainable development goals in Belgium falls under the responsibility of various public authorities.
In Belgium, sustainable development is a matter for the federal state, regions, communities and municipalities. To implement a sustainable development policy, we rely on:
What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Discover the annual Key figures brochure, published by Statistics Belgium, the Statistics directorate of the Belgian FPS Economy. This brochure contains basic figures on population, society, territory, environment, economy, real estate, construction, mobility and transport.
Having a smartphone in your pocket is now the most common thing there is, among both young and old. The number of applications as well as the uses we are making of them on a daily basis are multiplying. This is where criminals and fraudsters come in: they are increasingly developing viruses specifically designed to target mobile devices and go on the attack.
But prevention is possible, and simple: only download applications from official app stores.
The federal government has decided to extend the support measures (VAT reduction and social rate for one million households) to cope with the explosive increase in energy prices. The banks are committed to protecting the most affected families. Measures will be taken to skim off the industry''s excess profits to finance a solidarity fund. The government also calls on Belgians and companies to reduce their consumption and set a good example.
Belgium''s energy supply is in good shape
A meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will be held on Thursday, 24 March 2022 at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The summit, chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, was convened in connection with the current crisis in Ukraine.
In line with the EU Regulation, Belgium launched a national public consultation on 4 June 2019, which was open to citizens until 15 July 2019. 60,910 people completed the questionnaires. The results of the survey are available on the website (French).
The survey allows for the views of citizens and stakeholders to be included in the final National Energy and Climate Plan.
Seventeen surf clubs along the Belgian coast are taking concrete measures in the fight against waste:
Everyone loves the sea but do people really know it? What lives and moves in, on and around the North Sea? On Sunday, 25 March, the year of the North Sea will be launched during the Eneco Clean Beach Cup in Blankenberge. The aim is to raise awareness about what the sea does for us and how to better protect it. The sea starts in every kitchen and bathroom!
More information can be found on the website of the Federal Public Service for Public Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment
Rubbish must be sorted at source in order for it to be recycled. Some types of rubbish are collected at your house. But you can also dispose of it at collection points and container parks panies maintain contacts with specialised, regional government institutions to manage their commercial and industrial waste.
More information about container parks and other collection points in Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels Capital Region can be found on your municipality website.
The following categories of rubbish can be sorted:
The protection and amelioration of the environment is in everyone''s interest. For this reason, the ''Aarhus Convention'' offers the public and the associations representing it the right to be involved in environmental matters.The convention is built on three pillars:
Belgium consists of three regions with policies adapted to each region.
Flanders is a densely populated, dynamic region with a very fragmented landscape. For this reason, wildlife is under immense pressure. Approximately half of its plants and animals are on the ''Red List'' (in Dutch), an inventory of endangered species, that includes the Red List of higher plants and the Red List of mushrooms.
Flanders is a densely populated, dynamic region with a very fragmented landscape. For this reason, wildlife is under a lot of pressure.
The website of the Institute for Nature and Woodland Research has more information about fauna in Flanders
All official European Union website addresses are in the europa domain.
The Belgian annual air quality[1] report indicates significant improvement over recent decades, but also shows that a high percentage of the Belgian population is still exposed to excessive concentrations of the four most important air pollutants (PM, NO2, O3 and SO2).
The downward overall trend of the minimum, average and maximum levels of nearly all indicators continued in 2011 though a number of indicators show a stagnating trend. However, Belgium still exceeds the European limits or target values for the number of exceedances of the PM10 daily limit value, the number of days with maximum 8-hour mean ozone concentration > 120 μg/m³ (and the accumulated excess or AOT60), the ozone AOT40 for forests, and the annual mean NO2 concentration. Comparing the values with the more stringent and health-related WHO guideline values, indicate that almost all pollutants (and associated indicators) are still in exceedance (see Fig. 1).
Source: IRCEL-CELINE: Annual report Air Quality in Belgium 2011[1]
In the Brussels Capital Region[2] energy consumption decreased by 18% between 2004 and 2011 despite population growth (12%). Major efforts in terms of urban wastewater treatment and the implementation of a "blue network" programme improved the quality of surface water.
In spite of the urban character of the region (7 155 inh./km2), nature is well represented, with 54% of the area covered in green spaces and 14% benefiting from the Natura2000 status. Problems have nevertheless been observed: a shortage of green spaces in dense urban areas, connectivity and quality of the natural habitats often insufficient, regional forest management needs to adapt in particular to deal with climate change, rarity of open habitats. Other classical environmental challenges may also be quoted: soil contamination, noise pollution, waste production and recycling, indoor and outdoor air quality.
In Flanders[3] structural changes and improved energy efficiency delivered a significant reduction in the energy intensity of Flanders between 2003 and 2009. The economic crisis of 2008-2009 slowed this trend but due to a mild winter and lower non-nuclear power production, 2011 again saw a generally downward trend. Nevertheless, the gross domestic energy consumption (GDEC) in 2011 was still 1% above the level for 2000.
The pollutant load of domestic origin in Flemish surface water decreased further in the period 2000-2011 because of the systematic expansion and improvement of the public wastewater treatment network. The load on the surface water from companies fell noticeably but there has been no further reduction in recent years. The nitrogen and phosphorus losses from agriculture were lower in 2011 than in the early 2000s, but the reduction is less pronounced than for households and companies.
Since the 1990s, atmospheric emissions of various pollutants have decreased significantly in Wallonia[4] leading to an overall improvement in air quality, even if pollution peaks are still observed occasionally. This decrease is mainly due to a reduction in energy requirement and the growth of renewable sources (fivefold between 1990 and 2010). It allows Wallonia to broadly meet the targets set by European legislation and various international protocols. As water quality is concerned, it is estimated that 49% of surface water bodies and 30% of groundwater bodies in Wallonia will not achieve good status by 2015, despite major efforts. Additional measures must be implemented in the next River Basin Management Plan in order to promote further improvements.
Some 70% of agricultural land is showing signs of deficiencies in organic matter, having some consequences on soil''s resistance to erosion. Soil pollution from local sources (2-10 potentially contaminated sites/10 km2), mainly associated with Wallonia''s industrial past, has received focus.
At the Federal[5] level, a recent report described the environmental impact of federal administrations activities (2009-2012). Results included: development of indicators to monitor Marine Strategy Framework Directive; achievement of the European target of 130g CO2/km emissions for new cars, but still with a big share of diesel engines, contributing to the degradation of air quality; actions to increase sustainability visible through EMAS compliance, green public purchases, ISO 14001 compliance; increase of environmental market surveillance especially through a better knowledge of the products and quantity sold.
Besides traditional environmental challenges, the Brussels-Capital Region also looks at specific urban issues such as indoor air quality, sustainability of housing/buildings/neighbourhoods, improved quantitative and qualitative offer of green and blue spaces. The various policies work through:
Flanders is facing major societal challenges: climate change, limited availability of space, biodiversity loss and scarcity of fossil fuels and raw materials. Policy initiatives include Flanders in action,[10] Pact 2020,[11] Flemish Strategy for Sustainable Development[12]. They state that transition towards sustainability is needed to tackle these challenges.
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