Ladies and Gentlemen, In that spirit, the European Commission adopted an ambitious European climate and energy strategy first in 2008 and a revised one in 2013. Still today, they form the basis on which the Member States build their national climate policies.
Later on, as the Minister of Economic Affairs in 2015 to 2016, I had the honour to present to the Finnish Parliament the National Energy and Climate Strategy to 2030.2 Not only did this strategy implement the EU-level goals, in many cases it went far beyond them. I will highlight only a few points from the strategy.