OSTC,Public Health and Environment, Economic Affairs, Agriculture,Transport, Walloon Region, Brussels Capital City Region, Flemish Community,French Community
The Belgian "Global Change" impulse programme is designed to contribute to the international research efforts being devoted to the environmental and climatic changes which are occurring on a global scale. Given the complexity of the natural processes involved, the increasing impact of human activities as well as the diversity of potential effects of a climate change, the programme is necessarily multidisciplinary in nature.
Its objectives are as follows:
1. Scientific objectives
- Gain insight into the physical, chemical and biological processes which can produce variations in the "Earth" system and their interactions.
- Develop models and methodologies to predict possible climate changes (nature, size, time) so as to be able to influence them.
- Assess the role of human activities in these changes.
- Study the direct and indirect effects of these changes.
2. Strategic objectives
- Promote the participation and integration of Belgian researchers into international scientific programmes relating to Global Change, such as :
.the IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme);
.the WCRP (World Climate Research Programme);
.the European programmes STEP (Science and Technology for Environmental Protection), EPOCH (European Programme On Climatology and Natural Hazards), MAST (MArine Science and Technology).
- Co-ordinate research efforts relating to this area on the national level (national programmes on Antarctica, remote detection, marine sciences, transport; Belgian projects within the framework of the European programmes STEP, EPOCH and MAST; Belgian contributions to the EUROTRAC project; etc.).
- Develop the scientific and technical support for the formation and implementation of an international policy in this area and of policies with respect to related areas such as the environment, energy, transport, agriculture and industry.
The research themes are the following :
- atmospheric processes which can lead to climate changes;
- biogeochemical cycles on land and in the sea;
- global modelling of the climate and the environment;
- changes of the climate and the environment in the past;
- effects of climate changes on terrestrial ecosystems, the soil, the hydrological cycle, the sea level, etc.
- social-economic aspects (support for the policy).
An overview of the projects was published by the OSTC.
GC/A/01: Determination of the composition and origin of the regional atmospheric aerosol at great distances from anthropogenic source areas - Research on the importance of anthropogenic impact
GC/A/02: SMAC : Spectroscopic Measurements of Atmospheric Changes
GC/A/03: ATMOS antenna - Belgian contribution to the global study of the chemical composition and physical characteristics of the Earth's atmosphere, using infrared solar spectra recorded by ATMOS
GC/A/04: Organolead compounds in snow and ice from Greenland
GC/A/05: Role of alpha-pinene in the formation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
GC/B/06: Production of N2O by biological denitrification
GC/B/07: Production, transport and destination of organic material and associated elements in marine systems
GC/B/08: Global changes in the transport of nutriments from the continents to the ocean
GC/C/09: Modelling of the climatic system and its response to human activities
GC/C/10: Three-dimensional modelling of the continental cryosphere
GC/C/11: Modelling of the vertical processes intervening in Semtner and Chervin´s model of global ocean circulation
GC/C/12: Global modelling of coupled chemical-climatic changes caused by human activities
GC/C/13: Towards a dynamic approach to global change
GC/D/14: Composition of the ice sheets and global changes
GC/D/15: Study of distinct and sudden climatic fluctuations, not directly linked to astronomical causes and attributed to the post-glacial reorganisation of the global atmospheric and oceanic circulations
GC/E/16: Eco-physiological study of a forest ecosystem subject to high CO2 contents in open-air chambers
GC/E/17: Global change effects of increased atmospheric CO2 content and increase of the air temperature on grassland systems
GC/E/18: Impact of the increased atmospheric CO2 content on primary productivity and carbon allocation in typical Belgian forest ecosystems
GC/E/19: Hydrological and biotic disturbances resulting from climate changes in marshlands
GC/E/20: Effects of changing environmental conditions on the energy metabolism of aquatic organisms
GC/E/21: Degradation of the environment, and more specifically desertification, in the past, present and future
GC/E/22: Study of the consequences of changes in the climate and land use on soil characteristics and the transport and transformation processes of water and agrochemicals in the soil
GC/E/23: Sensitivity study of the hydrological cycle - Impact of the climate change induced by a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 content
GC/E/24: A critical study of the significance of the hypsometric position of sea level indicators in relation to the Flandrian sea level movements
GC/F/25: Optimisation of strategies for greenhouse gas reduction
GC/F/26: Eco-philosophical principles for a long-term policy regarding global change
GC/G/27: Integration and promotion within the Belgian "Global Change" impulse programme of the official relations between the "International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme" of the ICSU and the Royal Academies for the Sciences (IGBP)
Développement durable et recherche scientifique: rapport final
Valenduc, G. - Vendramin, P. - Marion, J.-Y. ... et al. SSTC, 1996 (SP0491)
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Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en duurzame ontwikkeling: eindverslag
Berloznik, R. - Vancolen, D. - Van Rensbergen, J. ... et al. DWTC, 1996 (SP0492)
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Vol.1: Symposium 17 & 18 may 1993: proceedings
SPO, 1993 (SP0437)
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Vol.2: Symposium 17 & 18 may 1993: proceedings
SPO, 1993 (SP0438)
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Vol.3: Symposium 17 & 18 may 1993: proceedings
SPO, 1993 (SP0439)
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Une contribution belge à l'environnement et au développement du monde
SPPS, 1992 (SP0440)
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Een belgische bijdrage tot het milieu en de ontwikkeling van onze wereld
DPWB, 1992 (SP0441)
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A belgian contribution to the world's environment and development
SPO, 1992 (SP0442)
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The Belgian Impulse Programme "Global Change" (1990-1994)
SPO, 1991 (SP0443)
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Programme d'impulsion "Global Change" (1990-1994)
Impulsprogramma "Global Change" (1990-1994)
SPPS, 1991 (SP0444)
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Eurotrac: contributions belges: compte-rendu de la première réunion annuelle d'information, 19 avril 1991
Eurotrac: Belgische bijdrage: Verslag van de eerste jaarlijkse info-vergadering, 19 april 1991
SPPS, 1991 (SP0445)
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Wetenschappelijke en technische ondersteuning voor de uitwerking van een nationaal plan voor CO2-reductie: rapport van de CO2-werkgroep "wetenschapsbeleid"
DWTC, 1994 (SP0446)
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Support scientifique et technique pour l'élaboration d'un plan national pour la réduction du CO2: rapport du groupe de travail CO2 "Politique scientifique"
SSTC, 1994 (SP0447)
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Overview of belgian projects related to the human dimensions of the global environmental change programme (HDP)
SPO, 1993 (SP0448)
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Potential contribution of energy production from biomass to the reduction of CO2-emissions in Belgium
Proost, S. - Van Regemorter, D. - Lissens, G. ... et al. OSTC, 1995 (SP0449)
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Are there cost-efficient CO2-reduction possibilities in the transport sector?
Proost, S. - Van Regemorter, D. - Lissens, G. ... et al. OSTC, 1995 (SP0450)
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Contribution of the electricitysector to the reduction of CO2-emissions in Belgium
Proost, S. - Van Regemorter, D. - Lissens, G. ... et al. OSTC, 1995 (SP0451)
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Résumés des rapports finaux
Samenvatting van de eindverslagen
SSTC, 1995 (SP0452)
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Synthesis of the final reports
OSTC, 1995 (SP0453)
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Changes in the chemical composition of the atmosphere
Adams, F. - Colin, R. - De Muer, D. ... et al. OSTC, 1997 (SP0454)
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Inventarisatie van broeikasgassen in België: studiedag, maandag 25 september 1995
Inventaire des gaz à effet de serre en Belgique: journée d'étude, lundi 25 septembre 1995
DWTC, 1995 (SP0458)
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Emissions de CO2 en Belgique à l'horizon 2000 - 2005: scénarios alternatifs: rapport final
SSTC, 1995 (SP0459)
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Contract " Netwerk voor de wetenschappelijke en technische aspecten van de broeikasgassen emissie inventarisatie voor België": eindverslag
DWTC, 1995 (SP0460)
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Bijdrage aan de nationale mededeling in het kader van de klimaatconventie: module 5
Contribution à la communication nationale dans le cadre de la convention climat: module 5
Contribution to the national communication in the framework of the climateconvention: module 5
DWTC, 1996 (SP0461)
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Bijdrage aan de nationale mededeling in het kader van de klimaatconventie: module 7
Contribution à la communication nationale dans le cadre de la convention climat: module 7
Contribution to the national communication in the framework of the climateconvention: module 7
DWTC, 1996 (SP0462)
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Scientific support to the tropospheric ozone reduction strategy: Information dossier.
Contribution of the Belgian Science Policy in the framework of the "Federal Plan against acidification and tropospheric ozone"
Brussels : Belgian Science Policy, 2005 (SP1521)
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