Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway)
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]Vidar Helgesen (Conservative Party). The department report to the legislature (Stortinget).
Contents
1 Organisation
1.1 Political staff
1.2 Subsidiaries
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
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
- Minister Tine Sundtoft (Conservative Party)
- State Secretary Lars Andreas Lunde (Conservative)[3]
- Political Adviser Jens Frølich Holte (Conservative)
Subsidiaries
Under the ministry there are five administrative agencies[4]
- Norwegian Directorate for Environment
- Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
- Norwegian Polar Institute
- Norwegian Mapping Authority
- Norwegian Cultural Heritage Fund
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute
See also
List of Norwegian Ministers of the Environment
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 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2015-08-30..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Ministry of the Environment Organization Regjeringen.no. Retrieved 5 October 2013 (in Norwegian)
^ MiljøverndepartementetØvrig politisk ledelse Regjeringen.no. Retrieved 5 October 2013 (in Norwegian)
^ Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Underliggende etater Regjeringen.no. Retrieved 5 October 2013 (in Norwegian)
External links
- Official web site
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