Climate Ministry

Climate Ministry or Climate Protection Ministry is a ministry that deals with a state's climate policy . These ministries are a modern version of the environment ministry , partly also in the form of an energy ministry with a focus on alternative energies, partly as a sustainability ministry linked to a ministry of economics .

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The Ministry column sorts without a preceding designation of the official form

since ... current institution founded / established ... department established for the first time

country	Ministry	short	since	lim.	Portfolios and Notes	minister
Australia	( Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction )	-	2019	2019	Energy , emissions reduction; previously only energy minister (purely ministerial post)	Minister for Emissions Reduction
Denmark	Energi-, Forsynings- and Klimaministeriet	EFKM	2015	2007	Energy , public supply , climate; 2007–15 Klima- og energiministeriet	Climate Minister
Finland	( Ympäristö- ja ilmastoministeri Minister of the Environment and Climate Change )	-			Environment , climate change; (Ministerial post in the Ympäristöministeriö - YM, Ministry of the Environment )	Ympäristöministeri
India	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	MoEFCC	2014	2014	Environment , forest , climate change; before that only environment and forest	Minister of Climate Change
Ireland	Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment / An Roinn Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil	DCCAE	2016	2016	Communication, climate measures, environment ; before that from 2007 Natural Resources , originally Ministry of Fisheries	Minister of Climate Action
Canada	Minister of Environment and Climate Change / Ministre de l'Environnement et du Changement Climatique	-	2015	2015	Environment . Climate change; until 2015 only environment	Minister of Climate Action
New Zealand	( Minister for Climate Change )	-	2017	2005	Climate; before 2017 Climate Change Issues , 2008–2012 also specifically International Climate Change Negotiations (pure ministerial position)	Minister for Climate Change
Netherlands	Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat	EZK	2017	2017	Economy , climate; earlier only economy, before that agriculture	Minister van Klimaat
Norway	Klima- and miljødepartementet	EFKM	2014	2014	Climate, environment ; before 2014 only environment ( Miljøverndepartementet )	Climate ministers
Austria	Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology	BMK	2020	2020	Climate protection, the environment , energy , transport , technology	( Environment Minister )
Poland	Ministerstwo Klimatu	MK	2019	2019	climate	Minister Klimatu

Historical

after relinquishment:

•  United Kingdom : Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) 2008–2016; with energy

See also

• Directorate-General for Climate Policy - EU agency

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ympäristöministeriö (ym.fi) ,
2. ^ Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. Government website (valtioneuvosto.fi).
3. ^ Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
4. ↑ Designation "Climate Minister [in]" not yet established
5. ↑ May: Economy instead of climate change. klimaretter.info, July 15, 2016 (accessed January 12, 2020).