Environment minister
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An environment minister (also known as minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The duties of an environmental minister depends largely of the needs of individual countries or heads of government. Some powers pertaining to environment protection might be also found within transport ministers, energy ministers, interior secretaries, and other officials such as United States Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The world's first minister of the environment was the British politician Peter Walker from the Conservative Party, who was appointed in 1970.[citation needed]
Country-related articles
[edit | edit source]Africa
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana: Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Botswana)
- File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa: Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
Americas
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia: Minister of Environment and Water
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil: Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada: Minister of the Environment
- File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile: Ministry for the Environment
- File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
- File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica: Ministry of Environment and Energy
- File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba: Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
- File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti: Ministry of the Environment
- File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico: Secretary of the Environment
- File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua: Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
- File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru: Ministry of Environment
- File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency[1] and Secretary of the Interior[2]
- File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay: Ministry of Environment
- File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
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Asia
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
- File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China: Minister of Ecology and Environment
- File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia: Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Forestry
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan: Minister of the Environment
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea: Ministry of Environment
- File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia: Minister of Environment and Water
- File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal: Minister of Forests and Environment
- File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan: Minister of Environment
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines: Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
- File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
- File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan: Ministry of Environment
- File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Europe
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria: List of Ministers of the Environment
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic: Ministry of the Environment
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark: Minister of the Environment
- File:Flag of Europe.svg European Union: Commissioner for the Environment
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland: Minister of Environment
- File:Flag of France.svg France: Minister of Ecology (as of 2017, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition)
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany: Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece: Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change
- File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland: Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
- File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy: Ministry of the Environment
- File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania: Ministry of Environment
- File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova: Ministry of Environment
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands: Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway: Minister of the Environment
- File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden: Minister of the Environment
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey: Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine: Environment Ministry
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Oceania
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia: Minister for the Environment
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand: Minister for the Environment
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See also
[edit | edit source]- List of ministers of the environment
- List of years in the environment
- All pages with titles beginning with Minister for the Environment
- All pages with titles beginning with Minister of the Environment
References
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