Grand Est Approves 45 Measures To Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation

In Grand Est, the Région has approved on 29 juin 2023 a feuille de route proposing 45 measures to accelerate adaptation to climate change, responding to “vagues de chaleur plus intenses et plus longues” and to changes in water availability with increased risks of restriction in summer and autumn.

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The plan structures action at 3 levels, including support for farmers in Grand Est through “Air Climat Sol Énergie (ACSE)” carried by the Chambre régionale d’agriculture, with a 2025 reinforcement focused on evaluating and experimenting with “légumineuses résilientes face au stress hydrique.”

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The experimentation described by the Région will select and test varieties of legumes including “soja, pois, féverole, lentille” and will include tests in real conditions with “25 agriculteurs volontaires” across “4 campagnes culturales,” with “suivi hydrique et agronomique précis.”

For investments by livestock farmers, the Région continues the dispositif IPAGE, budgeting “Plus de 10 millions d’euros / an (FEADER et Région)” and introducing a “bonification des aides” of “+10%” for projects favoring adaptation and mitigation of climate change.

In parallel, the Région supports mapping and digital tools for zones at risk of forest fire, including work with the ONF to establish a “relevé des dessertes et de la ressource en eau” for the Massif des Vosges, with an aim to reduce the duration of the “phase de reconnaissance” and facilitate access to fire starts.

In Belgium, a public consultation is scheduled from January 30 to March 31, 2026 on the draft “Federal Plan for Pollinators 2026–2028,” conducted by the Federal Public Service for Public Health, Safety of the Food Chain and the Environment.

The consultation text says pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and hoverflies play “an essential role in nature,” and it links the decline of pollinator populations to causes including “the loss of their natural habitats such as flowering meadows, hedgerows and fallow lands” and “pesticides.”

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The plan’s objective is described as aiming to “halt the decline and restore an environment favorable to all pollinators,” covering actions within federal competencies for both domestic honey bee colonies and wild pollinators such as native bees, butterflies, and hoverflies.

The consultation is framed as a way for “citizens, organizations, and stakeholders to provide comments on the draft plan,” and it is described as mandated by the Aarhus Convention, which gives participants “the right to participate in environmental decisions.”

The consultation materials direct participants to the website “www.consult-environnement.be” for the project document and information on how to submit comments.

A study discussed by Climate Home News reports that informing people about the health risks linked to climate change is “twice as likely to spur public support for government-led climate action” as messages focused on economic or environmental impacts.

“Pour faire face aux vagues de chaleur et au manque d’eau en Grand Est, la Région a élaboré une feuille de route proposant 45 mesures pour s'adapter au changement climatique”

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The article says the findings are based on a survey of around “30,000 respondents” in Brazil, India, Japan and South Africa carried out in late 2025, and it reports that “Over 80% of participants said they are concerned about the impacts from climate change.”

CORE researcher Dustin Gilbreath is quoted saying, “If you suddenly find out that climate change is hurting your health and your children's health, more people are rightfully more open to that argument,” and the article adds that “At the end of the day, we all care about our health, regardless of our political inclinations.”

The piece also links climate and health policy momentum to COP28 in Dubai, where more than “150 countries” issued a declaration expressing “grave concern” over climate-fuelled health impacts and pledged to strengthen policies that cut carbon emissions and benefit health.

It further describes a COP30 initiative in Belém that received “$300 million” in philanthropic backing to help governments identify health risks, improve monitoring of climate threats, and strengthen emergency responses to extreme weather events.