An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of an environmental minister depends largely of the needs of an individual countries or states. Some powers pertaining to environnement protection might be also found within transport ministers, energy ministers an so.
The world's first minister of the environment was the British Politician Peter Walker from the Conservative Party. He was appointed in 1970. 
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Africa
Botswana: Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Botswana)
Ethiopia: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
South Africa: Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
Zambia: Minister of Green Economy & Environment
Americas
Argentina: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development.svg.png.webp)
Bolivia: Minister of Environment and Water
Brazil: Minister of the Environment and Climate Change.svg.png.webp)
Canada: Minister of the Environment
Chile: Ministry for the Environment
Colombia: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Costa Rica: Ministry of Environment and Energy
Cuba: Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Haiti: Ministry of the Environment
Mexico: Secretary of the Environment
Nicaragua: Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Panama: Ministry of Environment
Peru: Ministry of Environment
United States: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of the Interior
Uruguay: Ministry of Environment
Venezuela: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Asia
Azerbaijan: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Bangladesh: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)
Republic of China: Minister of Environmental Protection Administration
Hong Kong: Secretary for the Environment
Indonesia: Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Japan: Minister of the Environment
South Korea: Ministry of Environment
Malaysia: Minister of Environment and Water
Nepal: Minister of Forests and Environment
Pakistan: Minister of Environment
Philippines: Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
Singapore: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Thailand: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Turkey: Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning
Vietnam: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Europe
Albania: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration
Austria: Minister for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry and Water Management
Czech Republic: Ministry of the Environment
Denmark: Minister of the Environment
European Union: Commissioner for the Environment
Finland: Minister of Environment
France: Minister of Ecology (as of 2017, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition)
Germany: Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
Greece: Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Iceland: Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications
Italy: Ministry of the Environment
Lithuania: Ministry of Environment
Netherlands: Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
North Macedonia: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
Norway: Minister of the Environment
Romania: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Serbia: Ministry of the Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning
Sweden: Minister of the Environment
Ukraine: Environment Ministry
United Kingdom: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oceania
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See also
- List of ministers of the environment
- All pages with titles beginning with Minister for the Environment
- All pages with titles beginning with Minister of the Environment
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