At the North Seas Energy Cooperation Ministerial Meeting in The Hague on 20 November, as part of the annual North Sea Conference, eight EU countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, the Netherlands), Norway and the European Commission adopted a joint action programme to achieve an integrated energy system by 2050, a sustainable supply chain in Europe and “a better balance between energy and nature in the North Sea”. The United Kingdom took part as a...