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Fighting climate change is a major global challenge.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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For over 30 years we have been organising ourselves at international, European and national level, resulting in the slow emergence of a climate governance framework.<\/span><\/p>\n This governance framework is insufficient. But understanding its evolution is nevertheless an essential first step towards improving it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What are the current climate objectives? What role has science played in their definition? How is Belgium organising itself to achieve them?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With the Climate Line, The Friday Group<\/a> offers an overview of the history of Belgian climate governance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Scientists realise climate change is a global issue<\/strong> that requires international cooperation.\u00a0 International bodies are set up to review scientific evidence to guide political negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n First UN resolution on<\/span> “conservation of climate as part of the common heritage of mankind”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n United Nations body responsible for assessing the science related to climate change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u00a0 Reference year<\/strong> for international targets<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n States that greenhouse gases are drivers of global warming. Provides the scientific basis for the United Nations Framerwork Convention on Climage Change. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 1992<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n First historic global climate treaty. Basis for climate agreements.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 1994<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 1994<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 1<\/p>\n <\/span>Berlin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Suggests a discernible human influence on global climate. Basis for the Kyoto Protocol.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Prepare Belgian positions in international climate negotiations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n States that global warming should not exceed 2\u00b0C.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 2<\/p>\n <\/span>Geneve<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 1997<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Kyoto is a turning point:<\/strong> for the first time countries decide to act together and 37 countries agree to reduce their emissions. Ultimately, 197 countries will also sign up but progress is slow, and varies from country to country.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Sets for the first time (inter)national binding emission reduction targets to limit global warming<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 4<\/p>\n <\/span>Buenos Aires<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 5<\/p>\n <\/span>Bonn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 1999<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 2000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 2000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 2000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 6<\/p>\n <\/span>Den haag<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Focused attention on the impacts of climate change and the need for adaptation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 7<\/p>\n <\/span>Marrakech<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 8<\/p>\n <\/span>New Delhi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Defines the cooperation between Flanders, the Brussels-Capital Region and Wallonia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 9<\/p>\n <\/span>Milan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 10<\/p>\n <\/span>Buenos Aires<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u00a0 Reference year<\/strong> European and Belgian emission reduction targets towards 2030<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 11<\/p>\n <\/span>Montreal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 12<\/p>\n <\/span>Nairobi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Underlines the importance of limiting global warming to 2\u00b0C<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 13<\/p>\n <\/span>Bali<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 14<\/p>\n <\/span>Poznan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Achieving the overall emissions target of -5% by 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Pioneers worldwide with its 20\/20\/20 climate policy by 2020, already including Kyoto Commitment Period II<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 140 ‘Parties’ politically recognise the need to limit warming to 2\u00b0C.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n COP 16<\/p>\n <\/span>Cancun<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Emphasises the gap between the political national plans and the scientific global reduction requirement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Holds Belgium responsible for non-achieved regional objectives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n1988<\/h2>\n
1988<\/h3>\n
UN Resolution on protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind<\/span><\/h4>\n
1988<\/h3>\n
Creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC<\/span><\/h4>\n
1990<\/h2>\n
1990<\/h3>\n
IPCC FAR Climate Change 1990: Synthesis Report<\/span><\/h4>\n
1991<\/h2>\n
IPCC FAR Climate Change: The IPCC 1990 and 1992 Assessments<\/h3>\n
1992<\/h3>\n
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – the Climate Agreement<\/span><\/h4>\n
1993<\/h2>\n
IPCC FAR: IPCC Technical Guidelines for Assesing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations<\/h3>\n
IPCC FAR: Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emisison Scenarios<\/h3>\n
1995<\/h2>\n
1995<\/h3>\n
1995<\/h3>\n
IPCC SAR Climate Change 1995: Synthesis Report<\/span><\/h4>\n
1995<\/h3>\n
Establishment of the Coordination Committee on International Environmental Policy in Belgium <\/span><\/h4>\n
1996<\/h3>\n
European Union Environmental Council<\/span><\/h4>\n
1996<\/h3>\n
IPCC FAR: The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability<\/h3>\n
1997<\/h3>\n
Kyoto Protocol – COP 3 – Kyoto<\/span><\/h4>\n
1998<\/h3>\n
1999<\/h3>\n
IPCC FAR: Aviation and the Global Atmosphere<\/h3>\n
2000<\/h2>\n
IPCC FAR: Emissions Scenarios<\/h3>\n
IPCC FAR: Methodological and Technical Issues in Technology Transfer<\/h3>\n
IPCC FAR: Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry<\/h3>\n
2000<\/h3>\n
2001<\/h3>\n
IPCC TAR Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report<\/h4>\n
2001<\/h3>\n
2002<\/h3>\n
2002<\/h3>\n
Creation of National Climate Commission<\/span><\/h4>\n
2003<\/h3>\n
2004<\/h3>\n
2005<\/h2>\n
IPCC FAR: Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System<\/h3>\n
2005<\/h3>\n
2006<\/h3>\n
2007<\/h3>\n
IPCC AR4 Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report<\/span><\/h4>\n
2007<\/h3>\n
2008<\/h3>\n
2008<\/h3>\n
Kyoto Commitmnet period I: 2008-2012<\/span><\/h4>\n
2008<\/h3>\n
2020 European Climate & Energy Package <\/span><\/h4>\n
2009<\/h3>\n
The Copenhagen Accord- COP 15 – Copenhagen<\/span><\/h4>\n
2010<\/h3>\n
IPCC FAR: Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation<\/h3>\n
2011<\/h3>\n
COP 17 – Durban<\/span><\/h4>\n
2011<\/h3>\n
Butterfly Agreement – 6th Belgian State reform<\/h4>\n