Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth

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Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth
Ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei
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Formed2 July 2024;6 months ago (2024-07-02)
Jurisdiction Netherlands
HeadquartersBezuidenhoutseweg 73, The Hague, Netherlands
Minister responsible
Website Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth

The Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth (Dutch : Ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei; KGG) is the Dutch ministry responsible for climate policy.

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The ministry was spun off from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy on 2 July 2024, when the right-wing Schoof cabinet was installed. "Economic Affairs" was simultaneously dropped from that ministry's name. [1] [2] The coalition agreement included budget cuts to the civil service, and it was decided that the new ministry would remain located in an office building shared with the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The ministry's responsibilities mostly coincide with those previously overseen by the Minister for Climate and Energy Policy, a minister without portfolio. [3]

Sophie Hermans of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) has served as Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth since its establishment. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Van Weezel, Tjerk Gualthérie (30 June 2024). "Het ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei: een lege huls of redder van de planeet?" [The Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth: An empty shell or the planet's savior?]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. Boztas, Senay (15 May 2024). "Far-right Geert Wilders agrees deal for Dutch coalition government". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. Hofs, Yvonne (16 August 2024). "'Zo goedkoop mogelijke' nieuwe ministeries krijgen stilaan vorm" [The ministry's are quietly shaped 'as cheaply as possible']. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 August 2024.