List of ministers of climate change

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.

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A

Australia
Title Minister Party Term start Term end Prime Minister Cabinet Notes
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 Incumbent Scott Morrison Second Morrison Ministry [10]

Austria
Title Minister Party Term start Term end Chancellor Government Notes
Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Leonore Gewessler The Greens – The Green Alternative 7 January 2020 Incumbent Sebastian Kurz Second Kurz government [11]

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 [12][13][14][15]
20 March 2008 30 December 2008 Yves Leterme Leterme I Government [16][17]
30 December 2008 24 November 2009 Herman Van Rompuy Van Rompuy Government [18][19]
24 November 2009 6 December 2011 Yves Leterme Leterme II Government [20][21]

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 [22]
Jonathan Wilkinson Liberal Party of Canada 20 November 2019 Incumbent [23]

D

Denmark
Title Minister Party Term start Term end Prime Minister Cabinet Notes
Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard Conservative People's Party 23 November 2007 5 April 2009 Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet [24]
5 April 2009 23 November 2009 Lars Løkke Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet [25]
Lykke Friis Venstre 24 November 2009 3 October 2011 [26]
Minister for Climate, Energy and Building Martin Lidegaard Danish Social Liberal Party 3 October 2011 3 February 2014 Helle Thorning-Schmidt Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet [27]
Rasmus Helveg Petersen Danish Social Liberal Party 3 February 2014 28 June 2015 Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet [28]
Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate Lars Christian Lilleholt Venstre 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 Lars Løkke Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet [29]
28 November 2016 27 June 2019 Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet [30]
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities Dan Jørgensen Social Democrats 27 June 2019 Incumbent Mette Frederiksen Frederiksen Cabinet [31]

E

European Union
Title Commissioner Party Term start Term end President Commission Notes
European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard European People's Party 9 February 2010 31 October 2014 José Manuel Barroso Barroso Commission [32]
Miguel Arias Cañete European People's Party 1 November 2014 30 November 2019 Jean-Claude Juncker Juncker Commission [33]
Frans Timmermans Party of European Socialists 1 December 2019 Incumbent Ursula von der Leyen Von der Leyen Commission [34]

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 [35]
10 December 2019 Incumbent Sanna Marin Marin Cabinet [36]

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 [37]
19 June 2017 4 September 2018 Second Philippe government [38]
François de Rugy La République En Marche! 4 September 2018 16 July 2019 [39]
Élisabeth Borne La République En Marche! 16 July 2019 3 July 2020 [40]
Minister of the Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili La République En Marche! 3 July 2020 Incumbent Jean Castex Castex government [41]

G

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 [42]
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 [43]

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 [44]
14 June 2017 11 October 2018 Leo Varadkar 31st Government [45]
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 [46]

India
Title Minister Party Term start Term end Prime Minister Union Council Notes
Ministry 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 [47]
Prakash Javadekar Bharatiya Janata Party 30 May 2019 Incumbent Second Modi ministry [48]

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 [49]

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 [50]

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 Incumbent Robert Abela Abela Cabinet [51]

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 Incumbent Mark Rutte Third Rutte cabinet [52]

New Zealand
Title Minister Party Term start Term end Prime Minister Cabinet Notes
Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues David Parker New Zealand Labour Party 19 October 2005 21 March 2006 Helen Clark Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand [53]
Pete Hodgson New Zealand Labour Party 21 March 2006 3 May 2006 [53]
David Parker New Zealand Labour Party 3 May 2006 19 November 2008
Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith New Zealand National Party 19 November 2008 21 March 2012 John Key Fifth National Government of New Zealand [54]
Minister responsible for International Climate Change Negotiations Tim Groser New Zealand National Party 27 January 2010 21 March 2012 [55]
Minister for Climate Change Issues Tim Groser New Zealand National Party 21 March 2012 14 December 2015 [56]
Paula Bennett New Zealand National Party 14 December 2015 12 December 2016 [56]
12 December 2016 26 October 2017 Bill English [56]
Minister for Climate Change James Shaw Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 26 October 2017 Incumbent Jacinda Ardern Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand [57]

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 [58]
Minister of Meteorological Services and Climate Change Igilisi Pihigia Independent 1 May 2005 20 June 2008 Young Vivian [59]
Toke Talagi Independent 20 June 2008 17 May 2011 Toke Talagi [60]

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 [61]
Vidar Helgesen Conservative Party 16 December 2015 17 January 2018 [62]
Ola Elvestuen Liberal Party 17 January 2018 24 January 2020 [63]
Sveinung Rotevatn Liberal Party 24 January 2020 Incumbent [64]

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 Incumbent Imran Khan Imran Khan ministry [65]
Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 5 October 2018 Incumbent [66]

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 Incumbent Antonio Costa XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal [67]

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 [68]
Grațiela Gavrilescu Alliance of Liberals and Democrats 13 December 2014 17 November 2015 Fourth Ponta Cabinet [69]
Cristiana Pașca-Palmer Independent 17 November 2015 4 January 2017 Dacian Cioloș Cioloș Cabinet [70]
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 [71]
Grațiela-Leocadia Gavrilescu Alliance of Liberals and Democrats 3 April 2017 14 June 2017
29 June 2017 29 January 2018 Mihai Tudose Tudose Cabinet [72]

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 [73]
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 [74]
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 [75]
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Roseanna Cunningham Scottish National Party 18 May 2016 Incumbent Second Sturgeon government [76]

Spain
Title Minister Party Term start Term end Prime Minister Government Notes
Ministry for Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 7 June 2018 13 January 2020 Pedro Sánchez Sánchez I Government [77]
Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge 13 January 2020 Incumbent Sánchez II Government [78]

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 [79]
Isabella Lövin Green Party 25 May 2016 21 January 2019 [79]
21 January 2019 Incumbent Löfven II Cabinet [80]

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 [81]
Chris Huhne Liberal Democrats 11 May 2010 3 February 2012 David Cameron Cameron–Clegg coalition [82]
Ed Davey Liberal Democrats 3 February 2012 8 May 2015 [83]
Amber Rudd Conservative Party 11 May 2015 14 July 2016 Second Cameron ministry [84]

Uruguay
Title Minister Party Term start Term end President Cabinet Notes
Ministry of Environment Adrián Peña Colorado Party 27 August 2020 Incumbent Luis Lacalle Pou Cabinet of Uruguay [85]

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