Minister of State for International Environment
# Minister of State for International Environment

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

| Name | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | P.M. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and International Development ||||||||
| | The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 13 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson |
| Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment ||||||||
| | The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 13 February 2020 | 15 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Environment ||||||||
| | The Lord Benyon | 20 September 2022 | 31 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss |
