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	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
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		20 November 2019	26 October 2021				[25]
		Steven Guilbeault		26 October 2021	14 March 2025				[26]
		Terry Duguid		14 March 2025	13 May 2025		Mark Carney	30th Canadian Ministry	[27]
		Julie Dabrusin		13 May 2025	Incumbent				[28]

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	[29]
				5 April 2009	23 November 2009		Lars Løkke Rasmussen	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet	[30]
		Lykke Friis	Venstre	24 November 2009	3 October 2011				[31]
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	[32]
		Rasmus Helveg Petersen	Danish Social Liberal Party	3 February 2014	28 June 2015			Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet	[33]
Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate		Lars Christian Lilleholt	Venstre	28 June 2015	28 November 2016		Lars Løkke Rasmussen	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet	[34]
				28 November 2016	27 June 2019			Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet	[35]
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities		Dan Jørgensen	Social Democrats	27 June 2019	15 December 2022		Mette Frederiksen	Frederiksen Cabinet	[36]
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities		Lars Aagaard	Moderates	15 December 2022	Incumbent		Mette Frederiksen	Frederiksen II Cabinet	[37]

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	[38]
		Miguel Arias Cañete	European People's Party	1 November 2014	30 November 2019		Jean-Claude Juncker	Juncker Commission	[39]
		Frans Timmermans	Party of European Socialists	1 December 2019	Incumbent		Ursula von der Leyen	Von der Leyen Commission I	[40]

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	[41]
				10 December 2019	19 November 2021		Sanna Marin	Marin Cabinet	[42]
		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	[43]
				19 June 2017	4 September 2018			Second Philippe government	[44]
		François de Rugy	La République En Marche!	4 September 2018	16 July 2019				[45]
		Élisabeth Borne	La République En Marche!	16 July 2019	3 July 2020				[46]
Minister of the Ecological Transition		Barbara Pompili	La République En Marche!	3 July 2020	20 May 2022		Jean Castex	Castex government	[47]
		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	[48]

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	[49]
		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				[50]
Ministry of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection		Christos Stylianides	Independent[a]	10 September 2021	Incumbent		Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis	[51]

1. 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	[52]
				14 June 2017	11 October 2018		Leo Varadkar	31st Government	[53]
		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	[54]

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				[55]
		Prakash Javadekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	30 May 2019	7 July 2021			Second Modi ministry	[56]
		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	[57]

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	[58]

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	[59]
Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change		Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad	People's Justice Party	3 December 2022	Incumbent		Anwar Ibrahim	Anwar cabinet	[60]

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	[61]

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	[62]
		Cora van Nieuwenhuizen	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	15 January 2021	20 January 2021				[63]
		Bas van 't Wout	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	20 January 2021	10 January 2022				[64]
Minister for Climate and Energy Policy		Rob Jetten	Democrats 66	10 January 2022	2 July 2024			Fourth Rutte cabinet	[65]
Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth		Sophie Hermans	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	2 July 2024	Incumbent		Dick Schoof	Schoof cabinet	[66]

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	[67]
		Pete Hodgson	New Zealand Labour Party	21 March 2006	3 May 2006				[67]
		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	[68]
Minister responsible for International Climate Change Negotiations		Tim Groser	New Zealand National Party	27 January 2010	21 March 2012				[69]
Minister for Climate Change Issues		Tim Groser	New Zealand National Party	21 March 2012	14 December 2015				[70]
		Paula Bennett	New Zealand National Party	14 December 2015	12 December 2016				[70]
				12 December 2016	26 October 2017		Bill English		[70]
Minister for Climate Change		James Shaw	Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand	26 October 2017	27 November 2023		Jacinda Ardern	Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand	[71]
		Simon Watts	New Zealand National Party	27 November 2023	Incumbent		Christopher Luxon	Sixth National Government of New Zealand	[72]

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	[73]
Minister of Meteorological Services and Climate Change		Igilisi Pihigia	Independent	1 May 2005	20 June 2008		Young Vivian	[74]
		Toke Talagi	Independent	20 June 2008	17 May 2011		Toke Talagi	[75]

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	[76]
		Vidar Helgesen	Conservative Party	16 December 2015	17 January 2018				[77]
		Ola Elvestuen	Liberal Party	17 January 2018	24 January 2020				[78]
		Sveinung Rotevatn	Liberal Party	24 January 2020	14 October 2021				[79]
		Espen Barth Eide	Labour Party	14 October 2021	Incumbent		Jonas Gahr Støre	Støre's Cabinet	[80]

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	[81]
Minister of State for Climate Change		Zartaj Gul	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	5 October 2018	10 April 2022				[82]
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	[83]
		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	[84]
		Grațiela Gavrilescu	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats	13 December 2014	17 November 2015			Fourth Ponta Cabinet	[85]
		Cristiana Pașca-Palmer	Independent	17 November 2015	4 January 2017		Dacian Cioloș	Cioloș Cabinet	[86]
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	[87]
		Grațiela-Leocadia Gavrilescu	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats	3 April 2017	14 June 2017
				29 June 2017	29 January 2018		Mihai Tudose	Tudose Cabinet	[88]

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	[89]
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	[90]
		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	[91]
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform		Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party	18 May 2016	20 May 2021			Second Sturgeon government	[92]

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	[93]
Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge				13 January 2020	Incumbent			Sánchez II Government	[94]

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	[95]
		Isabella Lövin	Green Party	25 May 2016	21 January 2019				[95]
				21 January 2019	5 February 2021			Löfven II Cabinet	[96]
		Per Bolund	Green Party	5 February 2021	9 July 2021				[97]
				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	[98]
		Chris Huhne	Liberal Democrats	11 May 2010	3 February 2012		David Cameron	Cameron–Clegg coalition	[99]
		Ed Davey	Liberal Democrats	3 February 2012	8 May 2015				[100]
		Amber Rudd	Conservative Party	11 May 2015	14 July 2016			Second Cameron ministry	[101]
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	[102]
				13 December 2019	13 February 2020			Second Johnson ministry	[103]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility		Martin Callanan, Baron Callanan	Conservative Party	13 December 2019	Incumbent				[104]

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	[105]

See also

• List of environmental ministries
• List of ministers of the environment