Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to our witnesses.
My question is for Ms. Pollard. I was in Kyoto in 1997 and I was rather surprised at the European Union's level of preparation for this international conference. I believe that the reason the Europeans have been successful is that as partners, they were able to agree among themselves before turning to the international scene. This enabled you to adopt a triptych approach, that reconciles both sectorial and territorial approaches.
In essence, you made commitments on the world stage concerning an objective, but right from 1997, you allocated differentiated targets between the 15 members of the European Union, taking into account possible energy efficiency, economic structure, demographics and climate.
Has this shared and differentiated approach, suitable to the international commitments and integrated with the European Union been a gauge of success in reaching your greenhouse gas emission targets?