This strategy, written in close cooperation with stakeholders and with public participation (cf. chapter 2.4.) and taking into account the opinions of the formal consultations carried out before adoption (in particular the Environmental Authority and the High Council for Climate), is adopted by the Government (decree N°TRER2008021D relating to national carbon budgets and the national low-carbon strategy, section 1 of chapter II of title II of book II of the French Environmental Code). It sets out objectives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in France in the short/medium term - carbon budgets¹ - and has two ambitions: to achieve carbon neutrality, i.e. zero net emissions², by 2050 (an objective introduced by the July 2017 climate plan and enshrined in law), and to reduce the carbon footprint of the French people. Every five years, the low carbon strategy is subject to a complete revision (cf. chapter 5. Strategy revision and monitoring). Between each revision, the monitoring is based on a set of regularly analysed and updated indicators (cf. appendix 2). Indicators of the strategy) as well as a regular review of whether its principles are being taken into account in the public policies.