Building the North Seas’ power hub for a resilient and competitive Europe: North Sea Summit declarations 2026
Declarations between the UK and North Seas countries at the 3rd North Sea Summit, Hamburg, Germany, January 2026.
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European and UK Heads of State and Energy Ministers, as well as representatives of the European Commission and NATO, convened on 26 January 2026, for the third North Sea Summit in the city of Hamburg.
These declarations set out concrete next steps and underscore the political commitment to accelerate the green transition in Europe and provide green, affordable energy and transforming the North Seas into a clean energy powerhouse. These commitments also reinforce the importance of international cooperation with European counterparts to deliver energy security, investments, jobs, as well as the physical and cyber security of renewable energy infrastructure in the North Seas.
The ministers’ declaration underlines the importance of delivering cross-border projects and anchoring the renewable offshore industry in Europe, and sets out ambitious combined targets for joint offshore wind projects, and includes commitments to speed up planning and permitting, strengthen the security of offshore infrastructure, expand hydrogen storage and transport, grow supply chains, and train the workforce needed to deliver it all.
The declarations are signed by heads of state / government and energy ministers on behalf of:
- UK
- Belgium
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Luxembourg