A list of ministers of climate change or officials in charge of cabinet positions with portfolios dealing primarily with climate change and issues related to mitigation of global warming.
This article needs to be updated. (January 2020) |
A
Australia
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
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Minister for Climate Change and Water | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | 3 December 2007 | 10 March 2010 | Kevin Rudd | First Rudd Ministry | [1][2][3][4] | ||
Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water | 10 March 2010 | 24 June 2010 | [1][5] | ||||||
24 June 2010 | 15 September 2010 | Julia Gillard | First Gillard Ministry | [5] | |||||
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | Greg Combet | Australian Labor Party | 15 September 2010 | 1 July 2013 | Second Gillard Ministry | [6][7][8] | |||
Minister for Climate Change | Mark Butler | Australian Labor Party | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | Kevin Rudd | Second Rudd Ministry | [9] | ||
Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction | Angus Taylor | Liberal Party of Australia | 24 August 2018 | 23 May 2022 | Scott Morrison | Second Morrison Ministry | [10] | ||
Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Chris Bowen | Australian Labor Party | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | Anthony Albanese | Albanese ministry | [11] |
Austria
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Chancellor | Government | Notes | ||
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Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology | Leonore Gewessler | The Greens – The Green Alternative | 7 January 2020 | 11 October 2021 | Sebastian Kurz | Second Kurz government | [12] | ||
11 October 2021 | 6 December 2021 | Alexander Schallenberg | Schallenberg government | ||||||
6 December 2021 | Incumbent | Karl Nehammer | Nehammer government |
B
Belgium
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Government | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for Climate and Energy | Paul Magnette | Parti Socialiste | 21 December 2007 | 20 March 2008 | Guy Verhofstadt | Verhofstadt III Government | [13][14][15][16] | ||
20 March 2008 | 30 December 2008 | Yves Leterme | Leterme I Government | [17][18] | |||||
30 December 2008 | 24 November 2009 | Herman Van Rompuy | Van Rompuy Government | [19][20] | |||||
24 November 2009 | 6 December 2011 | Yves Leterme | Leterme II Government | [21][22] | |||||
Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal | Zakia Khattabi | Ecolo | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | Alexander De Croo | De Croo Government | [23] |
C
Canada
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Catherine McKenna | Liberal Party of Canada | 4 November 2015 | 20 November 2019 | Justin Trudeau | 29th Canadian Ministry | [24] | ||
Jonathan Wilkinson | Liberal Party of Canada | 20 November 2019 | 26 October 2021 | [25] | |||||
Steven Guilbeault | Liberal Party of Canada | 26 October 2021 | Incumbent | [26] |
D
Denmark
E
European Union
Title | Commissioner | Party | Term start | Term end | President | Commission | Notes | ||
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European Commissioner for Climate Action | Connie Hedegaard | European People's Party | 9 February 2010 | 31 October 2014 | José Manuel Barroso | Barroso Commission | [35] | ||
Miguel Arias Cañete | European People's Party | 1 November 2014 | 30 November 2019 | Jean-Claude Juncker | Juncker Commission | [36] | |||
Frans Timmermans | Party of European Socialists | 1 December 2019 | Incumbent | Ursula von der Leyen | Von der Leyen Commission | [37] |
F
Finland
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change | Krista Mikkonen | Green League | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Antti Rinne | Rinne Cabinet | [38] | ||
10 December 2019 | 19 November 2021 | Sanna Marin | Marin Cabinet | [39] | |||||
Emma Kari | Green League | 19 November 2021 | 7 June 2022 | ||||||
Maria Ohisalo | Green League | 7 June 2022 | Incumbent |
France
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Government | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for the Ecological and Solidary Transition | Nicolas Hulot | Misc. ecologist | 17 May 2017 | 19 June 2017 | Édouard Philippe | First Philippe government | [40] | ||
19 June 2017 | 4 September 2018 | Second Philippe government | [41] | ||||||
François de Rugy | La République En Marche! | 4 September 2018 | 16 July 2019 | [42] | |||||
Élisabeth Borne | La République En Marche! | 16 July 2019 | 3 July 2020 | [43] | |||||
Minister of the Ecological Transition | Barbara Pompili | La République En Marche! | 3 July 2020 | 20 May 2022 | Jean Castex | Castex government | [44] | ||
Amélie de Montchalin | Renaissance | 22 May 2022 | 4 July 2022 | Élisabeth Borne | Borne government | ||||
Minister for Ecological Transition and Cohesion of the Territories | Christophe Béchu | Horizons | 4 July 2022 | Incumbent |
G
Germany
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Chancellor | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action | Robert Habeck | Alliance 90/The Greens | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | Olaf Scholz | Scholz cabinet | [45] | ||
Greece
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change | Tina Birbili | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | 7 October 2009 | 17 June 2011 | George Papandreou | Cabinet of George Papandreou | [46] | ||
Giorgos Papakonstantinou | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | 17 June 2011 | 11 November 2011 | ||||||
11 November 2011 | 17 May 2012 | Lucas Papademos | Cabinet of Lucas Papademos | ||||||
Grigoris Tsaltas | Independent | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Panagiotis Pikrammenos | Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos | ||||
Evangelos Livieratos | Independent | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | Antonis Samaras | Cabinet of Antonis Samaras | ||||
Giannis Maniatis | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | 25 June 2013 | 27 January 2015 | [47] | |||||
Ministry of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection | Christos Stylianides | Independent[lower-alpha 1] | 10 September 2021 | Incumbent | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis | [48] |
- Stylianides is a member of the Cypriot political party Democratic Rally.
I
Ireland
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Taoiseach | Government | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment | Denis Naughten | Independent | 23 July 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Enda Kenny | 30th Government | [49] | ||
14 June 2017 | 11 October 2018 | Leo Varadkar | 31st Government | [50] | |||||
Richard Bruton | Fine Gael | 11 October 2018 | 27 June 2020 | ||||||
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications | Eamon Ryan | Green Party | 27 June 2020 | Incumbent | Micheál Martin | 32nd Government | [51] |
India
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Ministry | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | Prakash Javadekar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | Narendra Modi | First Modi ministry | |||
Anil Madhav Dave | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 July 2016 | 18 May 2017 | ||||||
Harsh Vardhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 18 May 2017 | 30 May 2019 | [52] | |||||
Prakash Javadekar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | Second Modi ministry | [53] | ||||
Bhupender Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent |
Italy
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister of Italy | Government | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for Ecological Transition | Roberto Cingolani | Independent | 13 February 2021 | 22 October 2022 | Mario Draghi | Draghi Cabinet | [54] |
L
Luxembourg
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Ministry | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of the Environment, Climate, and Sustainable Development | Carole Dieschbourg | The Greens | 5 December 2018 | Incumbent | Xavier Bettel | Bettel–Schneider Ministry II | [55] |
M
Malaysia
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change | Yeo Bee Yin | Democratic Action Party | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mahathir Mohamad | Seventh Mahathir cabinet | [56] | ||
Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change | Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad | People's Justice Party | 3 December 2022 | Incumbent | Anwar Ibrahim | Anwar cabinet | [57] |
Malta
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for Environment, Sustainable Development, and Climate Change | Jose Herrera | Labour Party | 9 June 2017 | 13 January 2020 | Joseph Muscat | Muscat Cabinet | |||
Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning | Aaron Farrugia | Labour Party | 15 January 2020 | 20 February 2022 | Robert Abela | Abela Cabinet | [58] |
N
Netherlands
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy | Eric Wiebes | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 26 October 2017 | 15 January 2021 | Mark Rutte | Third Rutte cabinet | [59] | ||
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 15 January 2021 | 20 January 2021 | [60] | |||||
Bas van 't Wout | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 20 January 2021 | 10 January 2022 | [61] | |||||
Minister for Climate and Energy Policy | Rob Jetten | Democrats 66 | 10 January 2022 | Incumbent | Fourth Rutte cabinet | [62] |
New Zealand
Niue
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Premier | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister in Charge of Climate Change | Terry Coe | Independent | c. 12 November 1998 | Frank Lui | [69] | |||
Minister of Meteorological Services and Climate Change | Igilisi Pihigia | Independent | 1 May 2005 | 20 June 2008 | Young Vivian | [70] | ||
Toke Talagi | Independent | 20 June 2008 | 17 May 2011 | Toke Talagi | [71] |
Norway
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Council | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of Climate and the Environment | Tine Sundtoft | Conservative Party | 16 October 2013 | 16 December 2015 | Erna Solberg | Solberg's Cabinet | [72] | ||
Vidar Helgesen | Conservative Party | 16 December 2015 | 17 January 2018 | [73] | |||||
Ola Elvestuen | Liberal Party | 17 January 2018 | 24 January 2020 | [74] | |||||
Sveinung Rotevatn | Liberal Party | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | [75] | |||||
Espen Barth Eide | Labour Party | 14 October 2021 | Incumbent | Jonas Gahr Støre | Støre's Cabinet | [76] |
P
Pakistan
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Advisor to the Prime Minister for Climate Change | Malik Amin Aslam | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 20 August 2018 | 10 April 2022 | Imran Khan | Imran Khan ministry | [77] | ||
Minister of State for Climate Change | Zartaj Gul | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 5 October 2018 | 10 April 2022 | [78] | ||||
Minister of Climate Change | Sherry Rehman | Pakistan Peoples Party | 19 April 2022 | 10 August 2023 | Shehbaz Sharif | Shehbaz Sharif ministry |
Portugal
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Government | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of Environment and Climate Action | João Pedro Matos Fernandes | Independent | 26 October 2019 | 30 March 2022 | Antonio Costa | XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal | [79] | ||
Duarte Cordeiro | Socialist Party | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal |
R
Romania
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Rovana Plumb | Social Democratic Party | 21 December 2012 | 5 March 2014 | Victor Ponta | Second Ponta Cabinet | |||
Atilla Korodi | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | 5 March 2014 | 13 December 2014 | Third Ponta Cabinet | [80] | ||||
Grațiela Gavrilescu | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats | 13 December 2014 | 17 November 2015 | Fourth Ponta Cabinet | [81] | ||||
Cristiana Pașca-Palmer | Independent | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | Dacian Cioloș | Cioloș Cabinet | [82] | |||
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Daniel Constantin | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats | 4 January 2017 | 3 April 2017 | Sorin Grindeanu | Grindeanu Cabinet | [83] | ||
Grațiela-Leocadia Gavrilescu | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats | 3 April 2017 | 14 June 2017 | ||||||
29 June 2017 | 29 January 2018 | Mihai Tudose | Tudose Cabinet | [84] |
S
Scotland
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | First Minister | Government | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change | Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | 17 May 2007 | 11 December 2010 | Alex Salmond | First Salmond government | [85] | ||
Minister for Environment and Climate Change | Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | 11 December 2010 | 24 May 2011 | |||||
Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | 25 May 2011 | 6 September 2012 | Second Salmond government | [86] | ||||
Paul Wheelhouse | Scottish National Party | 6 September 2012 | 21 November 2014 | ||||||
Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform | Aileen McLeod | Scottish National Party | 21 November 2014 | 18 May 2016 | Nicola Sturgeon | First Sturgeon government | [87] | ||
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform | Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party | 18 May 2016 | 20 May 2021 | Second Sturgeon government | [88] |
Spain
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Government | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for Ecological Transition | Teresa Ribera | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 7 June 2018 | 13 January 2020 | Pedro Sánchez | Sánchez I Government | [89] | ||
Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge | 13 January 2020 | Incumbent | Sánchez II Government | [90] |
Sweden
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for the Climate | Åsa Romson | Green Party | 3 October 2014 | 25 May 2016 | Stefan Löfven | Löfven I Cabinet | [91] | ||
Isabella Lövin | Green Party | 25 May 2016 | 21 January 2019 | [91] | |||||
21 January 2019 | 5 February 2021 | Löfven II Cabinet | [92] | ||||||
Per Bolund | Green Party | 5 February 2021 | 9 July 2021 | [93] | |||||
9 July 2021 | 30 November 2021 | Löfven III Cabinet | |||||||
Annika Strandhäll | Social Democrats | 30 November 2021 | 17 October 2022 | Magdalena Andersson | Andersson Cabinet |
U
United Kingdom
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Prime Minister | Ministry | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | Ed Miliband | Labour Party | 3 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Gordon Brown | Brown ministry | [94] | ||
Chris Huhne | Liberal Democrats | 11 May 2010 | 3 February 2012 | David Cameron | Cameron–Clegg coalition | [95] | |||
Ed Davey | Liberal Democrats | 3 February 2012 | 8 May 2015 | [96] | |||||
Amber Rudd | Conservative Party | 11 May 2015 | 14 July 2016 | Second Cameron ministry | [97] | ||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change | Ian Duncan, Baron Duncan of Springbank | Conservative Party | 26 July 2019 | 13 December 2019 | Boris Johnson | First Johnson ministry | [98] | ||
13 December 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Second Johnson ministry | [99] | ||||||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility | Martin Callanan, Baron Callanan | Conservative Party | 13 December 2019 | Incumbent | [100] |
W
Wales
Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | First Minister | Government | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minister for Climate Change | Julie James | Welsh Labour Party | 13 May 2021 | Incumbent | Mark Drakeford | Second Drakeford government | [101] |
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