The State Administration Database

Department for Climate Change

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.1990* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Department for Pollution Control
Short name: Avd. for vannmiljø
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division
Located: 301 Oslo

01.01.1993* Maintenance by absorption

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.1993* Change of name

Name: Department for Pollution Control
Short name: Av. for vannmiljø/ind/avfall

01.01.1998* Change of name

Name: Department for Pollution Control
Short name: MIF

01.01.2002* Change of name

Name: Department for Pollution Control
Short name: Forurensningsavdelingen

01.01.2004* Change of name

Name: Department for Pollution Control
Short name: Avdeling for forurensningssaker

01.01.2009* Change of name

Name: Department for Climate Change and Pollution Control
Short name: Avdeling for klima og forurensning

01.01.2014* Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2014* Change of name

Name: Department for Climate Change
Short name: Klimaavdelingen

The department consists of four units, including the Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative as well as an administrative unit. The department is responsible for international work and national policy development within the climate field as well as local air quality and noise pollution.
The department also has overall responsibility for issues relating to the environment and development.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.