Minister of State for International Environment
{{Short description|British Government diplomacy position}}
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| insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
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| incumbent = Vacant
| incumbentsince = 25 October 2022
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| department = Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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| reports_to = Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| nominator = Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
| appointer = The King
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| termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure
| first = The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
| formation = 2019
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The Minister of State for International Environment is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It is currently vacant since October 2022.
Responsibilities
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- International environment, climate, biodiversity and conservation
- Animal Welfare
- Forestry policy – domestic and international
- International Whaling Commission
- International ocean (including ocean and climate, marine biodiversity (including overseas territories marine biodiversity), marine litter and blue finance)
- Illegal wildlife trade, Corridors, Kaza
- Green recovery
- International green finance
- Lead for Forestry Commission
- Lords Minister for environment, including Environment Bill
List of ministers
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
! colspan="2" |Name !Portrait ! colspan="2" |Term of office !Political party ! colspan="2" |P.M. |
| colspan="9" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and International Development |
|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park |60px |13 July 2019 |13 February 2020 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
| colspan="9" | Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park |60px |13 February 2020 |15 September 2022 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
| colspan="9" | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Environment |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|60px |20 September 2022 |31 October 2022 ! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
See also
References
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Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom