An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of an environmental minister depends largely of the needs of an individual countries or states.
The world's first minister of the environment was the British Politician Peter Walker from the Conservative Party. He was appointed in 1970.
Country-related articles
Albania: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration
Australia: Minister for the Environment
Austria: Minister for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry and Water Management
Azerbaijan: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Brazil: Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
Canada: Minister of the Environment
Republic of China: Minister of Environmental Protection Administration
Costa Rica: Ministry of Environment and Energy
Czech Republic: Ministry of the Environment
Denmark: Minister of the Environment
Estonia: Minister of the Environment
Ethiopia: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
European Union: Commissioner for the Environment
Finland: Minister of Environment
France: Minister of Ecology (as of 2017, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition)
Germany: Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
Greece: Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Hong Kong: Secretary for the Environment
Iceland: Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
Indonesia: Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications
Italy: Ministry of the Environment
Japan: Minister of the Environment
South Korea: Ministry of Environment
Lithuania: Ministry of Environment
Malaysia: Minister of Environment and Water
Mexico: Secretary of the Environment
Netherlands: Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
New Zealand: Minister for the Environment
North Macedonia: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
Norway: Minister of the Environment
Pakistan: Minister of Environment
Panama: Ministry of Environment
Peru: Ministry of Environment
Philippines: Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
Romania: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Serbia: Ministry of the Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning
Singapore: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
South Africa: Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
Sweden: Minister of the Environment
Thailand: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Turkey: Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning
Ukraine: Environment Ministry
United Kingdom: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
United States: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of the Interior
Vietnam: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
See also
- List of ministers of the environment
- All pages with titles beginning with Minister for the Environment
- All pages with titles beginning with Minister of the Environment
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