Climate alliance pledges to reduce emissions and help limit temperature rise
The Belgian Alliance for Climate Action has already signed up more than 50 local organisations wanting to increase their climate ambitions
Science-based targets
Some 53 organisations have already joined the Alliance, pledging to align their activities with the Paris Agreement’s objectives of limiting the global temperature rise to below 2°C and continuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. These include Alpro, Belfius, Bpost, Carrefour, Danone, Ikea, KU Leuven and Triodos.
The Belgian Alliance for Climate Action is a platform for Belgian organisations that want to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, increase their climate ambitions and base their climate goals on science-based targets, say The Shift and WWF Belgium.
A sustainable future
All organisations, regardless of size or industry, can join the Alliance. It brings together organisations that have already defined science-based targets and are willing to share their experience, as well as organisations that want to set climate goals and seek advice and inspiration from others who are further along their path.
“Through the Belgian Alliance for Climate Action, we want to encourage organisations to set ambitious climate targets,” said Marie Delvaulx, director of The Shift. “As a Belgian sustainable development network, we welcome a wide variety of experts. We believe that partnership and exchange between organisations are the keys to success in achieving these climate goals.”
We must not let the Covid-19 crisis distract us from the long-term goals we have set for ourselves
According to WWF Belgium director-general Antoine Lebrun, “many organisations want to take responsibility and be part of a sustainable future.”
The Alliance was launched at the Danone production site in Rotselaar, Flemish Brabant, in the presence of Queen Mathilde, ambassador for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (pictured). “We must not let the Covid-19 crisis distract us from the long-term goals we have set for ourselves,” she said. “We need to rebuild in a sustainable way.”
The signatory members of the Belgian Alliance for Climate Action are committed to initiating the science-based targets process within a year of signing up. Once this step is taken, they have two years to have their goals validated, say WWF Belgium and The Shift.
Photo: Belga/Dirk Waem
