Lord Goldsmith

Biography

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park was the Minister for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from October 2022 to June 2023.

He was previously Minister for Asia, Energy, Climate and Environment at the FCDO from September to October 2022. Before that, he was the Minister for Pacific and the Environment at FCDO and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). He was first appointed as a Minister of State in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development (DFID) and Defra on 13 February 2020.

Before that, he was Minister of State at Defra and at DFID from 10 September 2019 to 13 February 2020 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Defra and at DFID from 27 July 2019 to 10 September 2019.

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• Letter from the Prime Minister to Lord Goldsmith: 30 June 2023
  • 30 June 2023
  • Correspondence
• UK Government and British Overseas Territories leaders meet
  • 12 May 2023
  • Press release
• UK announces new support for improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in Asia and Africa
  • 22 March 2023
  • Press release
• Launch of 'Looking North: The UK and the Arctic': Lord Goldsmith's speech
  • 09 February 2023
  • Speech
• UK sets out new Arctic approach
  • 09 February 2023
  • Press release
• Looking North: the UK and the Arctic
  • 09 February 2023
  • Policy paper
• UK launches programmes for ecosystem restoration in Africa and Asia
  • 15 December 2022
  • Press release
• Environment Secretary calls for action to protect and restore nature at COP27
  • 16 November 2022
  • Press release
• Colombia receives support from Germany, Norway and the UK for implementing their ambitious plan to contain deforestation in the Colombian Amazon
  • 09 November 2022
  • Press release
• Indonesia-UK memorandum of understanding: cooperation on Indonesia’s Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) Net Sink 2030
  • 25 October 2022
  • Policy paper

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