European Commissioner for Climate Action
{{Short description|Member of the EU Commission}}
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The Commissioner for Climate Action is a post in the European Commission. It was created in 2010,{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/clima/about-us/mission/index_en.htm|title=What we do – Climate Action – European Commission|last=Anonymous|date=23 November 2016|website=Climate Action – European Commission}} being split from the environmental portfolio to focus on fighting climate change.
The European Union has made a number of moves in regard to climate change. Most notably it signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, set up its Emission Trading Scheme in 2005 and most recently agreed to unilaterally cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020.{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/strategies/progress/index_en.htm|title=Progress made in cutting emissions – Climate Action – European Commission|last=Anonymous|date=23 November 2016|website=Climate Action – European Commission}}
The current Commissioner for Climate Action is Wopke Hoekstra, who has succeeded the role after the resignation of Frans Timmermans. He also acts as Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal, and Vice-President for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight.
List of commissioners
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| image = Connie Hedegaard, Danmarks miljominister och nordisk samarbetsminister.jpg
| officeholder = Connie Hedegaard
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| born_year = 1960
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| term_start = 9 February 2010
| term_end = 31 October 2014
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| alt_party = Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
| cabinet = Barroso II
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| image = Informal meeting of environment ministers. Handshake Siim Kiisler and Miguel Arias Cañete (35781644631) (cropped).jpg
| officeholder = Miguel Arias Cañete
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| born_year = 1950
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| term_start = 1 November 2014
| term_end = 30 November 2019
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2014|10|31|2019|11|30}}
| alt_party = People's Party (Spain)
| cabinet = Juncker
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| officeholder = Frans Timmermans
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| term_start = 1 December 2019
| term_end = 22 August 2023
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| alt_party = Labour Party (Netherlands)
| cabinet = Von der Leyen
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| officeholder = Maroš Šefčovič
{{small|Acting}}{{Cite web |last=Mathiesen |first=Karl |last2=Weise |first2=Zia |last3=Lynch |first3=Suzanne |date=22 August 2023 |title=Šefčovič replaces Timmermans as EU Green Deal chief |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/frans-timmermans-quit-eu-climate-chief-return-dutch-politics/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Politico Europe }}
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| born_year = 1966
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| term_start = 22 August 2023
| term_end = 9 October 2023
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2023|8|22|2023|10|9}}
| alt_party = Direction – Social Democracy
| cabinet = Von der Leyen
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| image = Wopke Hoekstra op bezoek op het ROC Mondriaan 02 (cropped).jpg
| officeholder = Wopke Hoekstra
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| term_start = 9 October 2023
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| alt_party = Christian Democratic Appeal
| cabinet = Von der Leyen
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2014-2019/arias-canete_en Current Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete's website]
- [http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/hedegaard/index_en.htm Former Commissioner Connie Hedegaard's website]
- [http://ec.europa.eu/clima/ DG Climate Action website]
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