Dr. Deirdre Lynn:

We are working on the Council conclusions, which is the high-level overview of the preparations for COP15. They are sent around to colleagues in other Departments. This is where they have gone to at the moment. There are several EU drafting groups. We do not have the capacity to be involved in many of these EU drafting groups. Some EU countries have huge resources with lots of staff they can put in place to develop the EU positions. The EU Presidency steps in and works hard to bring on the EU positioning. It is quite difficult for a small country to engage at that level.