Whilst balancing economic and environmental demands is important, it is critical to ensure a balance between climate action and nature recovery, particularly in enabling offshore renewable energy developments to meet net zero targets without compromising marine biodiversity. Achieving sustainable marine governance that ensures marine protection requires effective, cross-government coordination. Marine governance is inherently complex. However, it is essential that the Government adopts a join...

Whilst balancing economic and environmental demands is important, it is critical to ensure a balance between climate action and nature recovery, particularly in enabling offshore renewable energy developments to meet net zero targets without compromising marine biodiversity. Achieving sustainable marine governance that ensures marine protection requires effective, cross-government coordination. Marine governance is inherently complex. However, it is essential that the Government adopts a joined- up approach to marine decision-making, ensuring coherence across departments and policies to deliver meaningful outcomes for the marine environment. Type: conclusion | Number: 1 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: It is agreed that Government should support the needs of different marine sectors while ensuring the protection of marine nature and sustainable use of the marine environment. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the lead department for