The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norwegian: Klima- og miljødepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established on May 8, 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] Espen Barth Eide (Labour Party). The department report to the legislature (Stortinget).

Organisation

The ministry is divided into the following sections:^[2]

• 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
• Political staff

Political staff

• State Secretary Maren Hersleth Holsen (Liberal Party)
• State Secretary Mathias Fischer (Liberal Party)
• Political Adviser Even Aronsen (Liberal Party)

Subsidiaries

Under the ministry there are five administrative agencies^[3]

• Norwegian Directorate for Environment
• Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
• Norwegian Polar Institute
• Norwegian Mapping Authority
• Norwegian Cultural Heritage Fund
• Norwegian Meteorological Institute