Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth
Nativename:Ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei
Picture Caption:Current head office
Type:Department
Jurisdiction:Netherlands
Headquarters:Bezuidenhoutseweg 73, The Hague, Netherlands
Minister1 Name:Sophie Hermans
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth
Website:Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth

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

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