{{Short description|Member of the EU Commission}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox official post | post = European Commissioner<br />for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth | body = | native_name = | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = | flag = | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = | image = Wopke Hoekstra op bezoek op het ROC Mondriaan 02 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = [[Wopke Hoekstra]] | acting = | incumbentsince = 9 October 2023 | department = | style = | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = [[European Commission]] | reports_to = [[President of the European Commission]] | residence = | seat = | nominator = | appointer = | appointer_qualified = | termlength = 5 years | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = European Commissioner for Climate Action | formation = {{Start date and age|2010|02|09|df=y}} | first = [[Connie Hedegaard]] | abolished = | succession = | unofficial_names = | deputy = | salary = | website = }}
The '''European''' '''Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth''' is a member in the [[European Commission]]. It was created in 2010,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/clima/about-us/mission/index_en.htm|title=What we do – Climate Action – European Commission|last=Anonymous|date=23 November 2016|website=Climate Action – European Commission}}</ref> being split from the environmental portfolio to focus on fighting [[climate change]].<ref name="auto"/>
The European Union has made a number of moves in regard to climate change. Most notably it signed the [[Kyoto Protocol]] in 1998, set up its [[European Union Emission Trading Scheme|Emission Trading Scheme]] in 2005 and most recently agreed to unilaterally cut its [[greenhouse gas emissions]] by 20% by 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/strategies/progress/index_en.htm|title=Progress made in cutting emissions – Climate Action – European Commission|last=Anonymous|date=23 November 2016|website=Climate Action – European Commission}}</ref>
The current Commissioner for Climate Action is [[Wopke Hoekstra]], who has succeeded the role after the resignation of [[Frans Timmermans]]. He also acts as Executive [[Vice-President of the European Commission]] for the [[European Green Deal]], and vice-president for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight.
==List of commissioners== {{Officeholder table start | showorder = y | showimage = y | image_title = Picture | officeholder_title = Commissioner for Climate Action | showtermlenght = y | showelection = n | showcabinet = y | cabinet_title = Commission | showcoalition = n | party_col = 1 | showaltofficeholder = y | alt_officeholder_title = Country }} {{Officeholder table | order2 = 1 | image = Connie Hedegaard, Danmarks miljominister och nordisk samarbetsminister.jpg | officeholder = [[Connie Hedegaard]] | officeholder_sort = Hedegaard, Connie | born_year = 1960 | died_year = | term_start = 9 February 2010 | term_end = 31 October 2014 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2010|02|09|2014|10|31}} | alt_party = Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | cabinet = [[Barroso Commission|Barroso II]] | alt_officeholder = {{flag|Denmark}} | alt_officeholder_sort = Denmark }} {{Officeholder table | order2 = 2 | image = Informal meeting of environment ministers. Handshake Siim Kiisler and Miguel Arias Cañete (35781644631) (cropped).jpg | officeholder = [[Miguel Arias Cañete]] | officeholder_sort = Cañete, Miguel | born_year = 1950 | died_year = | term_start = 1 November 2014 | term_end = 30 November 2019 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2014|10|31|2019|11|30}} | alt_party = People's Party (Spain) | cabinet = [[Juncker Commission|Juncker]] | alt_officeholder = {{flag|Spain}} | alt_officeholder_sort = Spain }} {{Officeholder table | order2 = 3 | image = 2018-12-09 SPD Europadelegiertenkonferenz Frans Timmermans IMG 2814-b.jpg | officeholder = [[Frans Timmermans]] | officeholder_sort = | born_year = 1961 | died_year = | term_start = 1 December 2019 | term_end = 22 August 2023 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2019|12|1|2023|8|22}} | alt_party = Labour Party (Netherlands) | cabinet = [[Von der Leyen Commission I|Von der Leyen]] | alt_officeholder = {{flag|Netherlands}} | alt_officeholder_sort = Netherlands }} {{Officeholder table | order2 = 4 | image = Informal meeting of Energy and Transport Ministers (TTE). Energy Ministers press conference (36950060020) (cropped).jpg | officeholder = [[Maroš Šefčovič]]<br />{{small|Acting}}<ref name="Sefcovic">{{Cite web |last=Mathiesen |first=Karl |last2=Weise |first2=Zia |last3=Lynch |first3=Suzanne |date=22 August 2023 |title=Šefčovič replaces Timmermans as EU Green Deal chief |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/frans-timmermans-quit-eu-climate-chief-return-dutch-politics/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=[[Politico Europe]] }}</ref> | officeholder_sort = | born_year = 1966 | died_year = | term_start = 22 August 2023 | term_end = 9 October 2023 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2023|8|22|2023|10|9}} | alt_party = Direction – Social Democracy | cabinet = [[Von der Leyen Commission I|Von der Leyen]] | alt_officeholder = {{flag|Slovakia}} | alt_officeholder_sort = Slovakia }} {{Officeholder table | order2 = 5 | image = Wopke Hoekstra op bezoek op het ROC Mondriaan 02 (cropped).jpg | officeholder = [[Wopke Hoekstra]] | officeholder_sort = | born_year = 1975 | died_year = | term_start = 9 October 2023 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2023|10|9}} | alt_party = Christian Democratic Appeal | cabinet = [[Von der Leyen Commission I|Von der Leyen]] | alt_officeholder = {{flag|Netherlands}} | alt_officeholder_sort = Netherlands }} {{Officeholder table end}}
==See also== {{Portal|Energy}} *[[European Climate Change Programme]] *[[Directorate-General for Climate Action (European Commission)]] *[[Climate of Europe]] *[[Energy policy of the European Union]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2014-2019/arias-canete_en Current Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete's website] *[http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/hedegaard/index_en.htm Former Commissioner Connie Hedegaard's website] *[http://ec.europa.eu/clima/ DG Climate Action website]
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[[Category:Portfolios in the European Commission|Climate Action]] [[Category:European Green Deal]]