Minister of State for International Environment

The Minister of State for International Environment is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It is currently vacant since October 2022.

Minister of State for International Environment
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Incumbent Vacant since 25 October 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Reports to	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	2019
First holder	The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

• International environment, climate, biodiversity and conservation
• Animal Welfare
• Forestry policy – domestic and international
• International Whaling Commission
• International ocean (including ocean and climate, marine biodiversity (including overseas territories marine biodiversity), marine litter and blue finance)
• Illegal wildlife trade, Corridors, Kaza
• Green recovery
• International green finance
• Lead for Forestry Commission
• Lords Minister for environment, including Environment Bill

List of ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	P.M.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and International Development
	The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park		13 July 2019	13 February 2020	Conservative		Johnson
Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment
	The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park		13 February 2020	15 September 2022	Conservative		Johnson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Environment
	The Lord Benyon		20 September 2022	31 October 2022	Conservative		Truss

See also

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Minister of State for Food
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs