Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection

Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection
State level	country
position	Supreme state authority
founding	1986
Headquarters	Hanover , Lower Saxony
Authority management	Minister Olaf Lies ( SPD )
Web presence	Umwelt.Niedersachsen.de

Headquarters of the Ministry

" Moin in Lower Saxony - refugees welcome "
banner at the Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection in October 2015

The Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Construction and climate protection is one of ten ministries of the country Lower Saxony . It was set up in 1986 and is located in Archivstrasse in the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover . The ministry has been headed by Minister Olaf Lies ( SPD ) since November 22, 2017 . State Secretary Frank Doods (SPD) has also been in office since then .

tasks

The protection of water, nature, soil and air are the basis of the work of the Ministry of the Environment. Climate protection, waste, radiation protection, energy and sustainability development are also topics that are dealt with in the ministry. According to the Atomic Energy Act, the ministry is the supervisory authority for nuclear power plants in Lower Saxony and is also responsible for the interim and final storage of radiological waste.

organization

As of November 2019, the ministry is divided into six departments:

• Department 1: Central tasks
• Department 2: Nature conservation, water management, soil protection
• Department 3: Immission Control, Circular Economy, Resource Protection
• Department 4: Nuclear supervision, radiation protection
• Department 5: Energy, Climate Protection
• Department 6: Urban Development and Housing

In his division of the Ministry of Environment, Energy, Construction and climate change following authorities are subordinate :.

• Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation
• Labor Inspectorate Administration
• Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park
• Harz National Park
• Lower Saxony Elbe Valley Biosphere Reserve
• Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation
• Lower Saxony State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (insofar as it performs tasks from the Ministry's business area)

Previous officers

Below are all previous ministers:

Surname		cabinet	Political party	Term of office
	Werner Remmers	Cabinet Albrecht V	CDU	1986-1990
	Monika Griefahn	Schröder I cabinet Schröder II cabinet	SPD	1990-1998
	Wolfgang Jüttner	Schröder III cabinet Glogowski's cabinet Cabinet Gabriel	SPD	1998-2003
	Hans-Heinrich Sander	Wulff I cabinet Cabinet Wulff II McAllister Cabinet	FDP	2003-2012
	Stefan Birkner	McAllister Cabinet	FDP	2012-2013
	Stefan Wenzel	Cabinet Weil I	Green	2013-2017
	Olaf Lies	Weil II cabinet	SPD	Since 2017

Former state secretaries are Hans-Joachim Reinke (1986–1988), Franz Cromme (1988–1990), Peter Bulle (1990–1991), Jan-Henrik Horn (1991–1994), Dietmar Schulz (1994–2000), Friederike Witte ( 2001–2003), Christian Eberl (2003–2008), Stefan Birkner (2008–2012), Ulla You (2012–2013) and Almut Kottwitz (2013–2017).

For the 25th anniversary in 2011, the ministry published a 50-page brochure.

Fonts

Ministry building, originally located on a linen arm, drawn in an older city map

• Link to the Ministry's website with publications that can be ordered in paper form or downloaded as PDF

building

Since it was founded, the ministry has had its headquarters in the building at Archivstrasse 2 / corner of Calenberger Strasse. The four-sided structure built by the architect Hermann Hunaeus in several construction phases from 1837 to 1879 encloses an inner courtyard. The structure was originally designed as a building for the government of the Kingdom of Hanover . In front of the main entrance to the building on the street Am Archiv, there are charging stations for electrically powered vehicles that can be used day and night .

See also

• Lower Saxony state government

Web links

Commons : Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection  - Collection of images

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lower Saxony portal of the Lower Saxony State Chancellery: The Lower Saxony State Government. Retrieved December 16, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Contact. Retrieved December 30, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Description of tasks on the website of the ministrium. Retrieved January 8, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Organization chart, downloadable here
5. ↑ Organization plan of the business area, downloadable here
6. ↑ Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment and Climate Protection (Ed.): Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment and Climate Protection. 25 years. People, Environment, Future , Hanover 2011 ( 25 years of People, Environment, Future. Link to digitized version )
7. ↑ Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment and Climate Protection (Ed.): Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment and Climate Protection. 25 years. People, Environment, Future , Hannover 2011, p. 50
8. ↑ Overview on hannover.de , accessed on January 9, 2020

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 12.3 "  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 46.7"  E