en Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway)

Royal Ministry of Climate and Environment
Det kongelige klima- og miljødepartementet
Agency overview
Formed	8 May 1972
Jurisdiction	Government of Norway
Headquarters	Oslo
Minister responsible	Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of Climate and Environment;
Agency executive	Tom Rådahl, Secretary General;
Website	www.regjeringen.no/kld
Footnotes
	List of Norwegian ministries

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norwegian: Klima- og miljødepartementet, KLD) is a Norwegian ministry established on 8 May 1972. The Ministry of Climate and Environment has a particular responsibility for carrying out the climate and environmental policies of the Government. Before 2014 the name was Ministry of the Environment (Norwegian: Miljøverndepartementet).^[1]

It is led by the Minister of Climate and Environment, currently^[update] Andreas Bjelland Eriksen (Labour Party) since 2023. The ministry reports to the legislature (Storting).

Organisation

Political staff

As of 20 November 2023, the political staff of the ministry is as follows^[2]

Minister Andreas Bjelland Eriksen (Labour Party)
State Secretary Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad (Labour Party)
State Secretary Kjersti Bjørnstad (Labour Party)
Political Adviser Maria Varteressian (Labour Party)

Departments

The ministry is divided into six departments and an information section:^[3]

Department for Climate Change
Department for Cultural Heritage Management
Department for Marine Management and Pollution Control
Department for Nature Management
Department for Organizational Affairs
Department for Planning
Information section

Subsidiaries

Under the ministry there are five administrative agencies^[4]

Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Fund
Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre
Norwegian Centre against Marine Litter
Norwegian Environment Agency
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Norwegian Polar Institute
The Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund

References

^ "The Ministry of the Environment becomes the Ministry of Climate and Environment". Norwegian Government Administration Services. 2013-12-20. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
^ "Ministry of Climate and Environment: Organisation". www.regjeringen.no. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ Ministry of the Environment Organization Regjeringen.no. Retrieved 5 October 2013 (in Norwegian)
^ Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Underliggende etater Regjeringen.no. Retrieved 5 October 2013 (in Norwegian)