translate English to French: In this field, the awareness which came to the fore at the Kyoto summit has attracted a great deal of attention, and it now behoves the European Union to take the lead, both in competitiveness and in environmental terms.
Dans ce domaine, la prise de conscience annoncée pour le sommet de Kyoto a fait long feu; il appartient à l'Union européenne de mener de front compétitivité et environnement.