Belgium

Update the National Energy and Climate Plan with new targets and measures that support the European Union’s 55% emissions reduction target and provide long-term certainty to stakeholders for making the necessary investments for decarbonisation.

Agree on long-term climate and energy targets at a national level for the period 2030-2050, including a national 2050 carbon neutrality target, as part of a stable regulatory framework to provide clarity to investors and consumers. 

Ensure measures addressing energy poverty foster the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements, enable a just transition that protects vulnerable households, and make them part of the energy transition. 

Use the reform of taxation to create appropriate price signals to drive decarbonisation across the entire economy and to support electrification. 

Ensure that infrastructure planning, approval and permitting processes allow for the timely expansion of transmission and distribution systems needed to support a rapid and sustained renewables deployment, especially for the second offshore wind zone.